All six U.S. women on the bottom half of the Australian Open draw go down on Tuesday. Aussie Sam Stosur routed 17-year-old Lauren Davis, Czech Klara Zakapalova took out Melanie Oudin in three sets, Russian Alisa Kleybanova crushed Irina Falconi, Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro defeated Christina McHale in three sets, French wild card Caroline Garcia upended Vavara Lepchenko in three, and France’s Alize Cornet ran past CoCo Vandeweghe in three sets.
"We can do much better than and I think we are getting closer," said Oudin. "Some of the girls just need to get more experience. Lauren told me she was just overwhelmed playing on center court."—Matthew Cronin