Murray, who beat beat Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, said it was “hypocritical” that tournaments – the Australian Open’s official betting partner is William Hill – could be sponsored by betting companies while players can’t.
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“I didn’t really settle”.
“I haven’t played in a long time, but I have been playing for 30 years, so it’s kind of – I try to focus on that”, said Williams, who dropped only one service game against Giorgi.
Johanna Konta has progressed through to the second round of the Australian Open with a stunning victory over Venus Williams.
Asked if she would do it again, Williams said, “Oh, God, no. I reacted and I didn’t think”. The Eighth Seed struggled a lot on serve and was not able to move around the court with the Brit making the most of it. Breaking the Venus thrice in the second set, Konta completely dominated the set, hitting 10 winners with just 3 unforced errors.
Venus Williams will hope to join sister Serena in the second round when she takes on Britain’s Johanna Konta, while retiring home favorite Lleyton Hewitt takes center stage in the evening when he faces countryman James Duckworth.
Williams, 34, is seeking an Open-era record-equalling 22nd Grand Slam title, while Djokovic can become only the second man to win six Australian Open crowns after Roy Emerson.
“It’s OK. I don’t want to make this match like dramatic”, said Halep, who refused to blame an Achilles tendon problem for contributing to her third first-round loss in five years at Melbourne Park. “You have to be proactive I think with things like this and go and speak to the players rather than them reading about it in the newspapers or listening to it on the TV or the radio”. “As an athlete, I do everything I can to be not only great, but, you know, historic”. “But I’m really excited about it”, said Sharapova, who said she has been interviewing her mother, father and grandparents and plans to include some journals she kept as a young girl.
“I’m feeling really good, which is a positive”. You’re going through so much suffering your toes are bleeding.
“Still (people) tell me how good I played seven years ago”, Verdasco told reporters after his 7-6(6) 4-6 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2 victory in four hours 41 minutes.
Belgian 15th seed David Goffin overcame a slow start to down Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
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She upset current world number three Garbine Muguruza at the US Open previous year en route to her first round of 16 at a major.
