The 35-year-old Venus was the oldest woman in this year’s Australian Open field. Murray hasn’t lost in the second round of a grand slam since the 2005 US Open.
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While the International Tennis Federations (ITF) past year rolled out Betway as a sponsor for its flagship Davis Cup and Fed Cup competitions, prompting critics to suggest the relationship sends out the wrong message. “He’s obviously improving all the time, so it will be a tough match”.
“I played really well today… against a great player”, Zhang said.
Raonic, who opened the season with victory over Roger Federer in the Brisbane final, beat Frenchman Lucas Pouille 6-1 6-4 6-4, while Groth advanced with a 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 3-6 6-3 win over Adrian Mannarino.
Williams had 26 winners, including seven aces in the match.
One of those shots might have been a rare around-the-post stunner, one of which Williams was particularly proud post-match. “You can only lose the set, ‘” she said.
The 28-year-old called on the top management of game to be a little more proactive in educating the young players in order to solve the issue from the root.
Djokovic was beaten by Santoro in the second round of the Paris tournament, losing 6-3 6-2.
The No. 7-seeded Nishikori, a two-time quarterfinalist here, dropped serve just once when he was serving for the second set but recovered to win a tight tiebreaker.
Asked for his thoughts following his first-round win on Tuesday, Wawrinka said the “bigger picture” could actually be a benefit for tennis as it tries to stay clean. I think it’s a little bit hypocritical, really. “He’s a very nice guy outside of the court – on the court he’s very tough”. “So I think it can be only positive”.
AUSSIE teenager Omar Jasika believes he can cause the biggest upset at the Australian Open tomorrow – and so does his unlikely press conference supervisor Nick Kyrgios.
Mahesh Bhupathi, a multiple grand slam doubles victor, told CNN: “There’s a lot of talk but there’s no proof”.
His all-or-nothing approach was shown by his 91 errors as he trailed Nadal by two sets to one in an awesome hitting display on Rod Laver Arena. She reached the final of the French Open in 2014.
Murray faces the Australian – the man with the fastest serve in the game – on Thursday and is braced to have the majority of the crowd in Melbourne against him. She had just one ace compared to five for the Briton.
The German managed to hold his serve twice this set.
Former US Open champion Andy Roddick, who retired in 2012 after 12 years in the game, said he spoke to another former player who claimed he could identify at least half of those involved.
News of the BBC’s investigation, conducted with the American website BuzzFeed, broke on the opening day of the Australian Open and has been the talk of Melbourne Park ever since.
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He said he had not practised for a week and was not able to play to “even 30 per cent” of his ability.
