You always have to be prepared, always have to be ready for the other player to make a great performance.
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Djokovic won all bar one grand slam last year, just missing out on the French Open, meaning there is only one way 2016 could prove a better year for the world number one than 2015, but he is not getting ahead of himself just yet. And will Maria Sharapova, who lost to Williams in last year’s final, get through her first-round match without the recurrence of left forearm soreness that made her withdraw from the Brisbane International, where she was defending champion? This was his first match against Djokovic, his childhood idol, and also his first appearance at the Australian Open.
“I had a great off-season with fitness and tennis preparation and when I got to China I got some stomach virus or something and I was just laying and going quite often to the toilet for eight to nine days”, Kvitova said.
Chung, who is one of the four teenagers in the top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings, is coming off a breakout season in 2015 after being hailed by the governing body as the Most Improved Player of the Year.
World No. 1 Serena Williams didn’t have an easy day at the office up against the unseeded and looming Italian, Camila Giorgi. After giving away a game, the Serbian recovered to close out the set at 6-2 in 41 minutes.
Murray said he had no problem missing the chance of a third grand slam title, or ending the men’s tournament early, if he has to dash home for the birth of his first child.
Novak Djokovic will look to extend his sensational run of form at the Australian Open on Monday as expectations soar about what he could achieve this year.
“I think it would take someone like Kevin Anderson or Milos Raonic to serve him off the court, but conditions won’t be massively in their favour in Melbourne”.
“It was an honor to play against Novak Djokovic, who is my idol, and I learned a lot today”, Chung told South Korean pool reporters in Melbourne.
Djokovic, 28, has yet to lose a set in five matches this year.
Williams, the top seed in Melbourne, has not played a match on the WTA Tour since her shocking loss to Roberta Vinci at the U.S. Open semifinals.
She was done in by 12 double faults, compared to just two for Williams. “And I was able to serve really well and that really helped me”.
RUNNERS-UP REMATCH: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France plays Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the last night match on Margaret Court Arena on Monday, and both players have bittersweet memories of past Australian Open glory.
Djokovic said he thought the allegations related to matches from nearly 10 years ago and didn’t involve active players. He said everything started looking up for him when he became a dad back in 2014, then joked about maybe having another baby.
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“I think Rafa has sort of had a resurgence”, Evert said.
