The sun sets as France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga serves during his second round match against Australia’s Omar Jasika at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park, Australia, January 20, 2016.
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So we will adopt her own sage advice of just one match at a time – this is winnable in her current form and as such the pressure will be on Konta to win.
She plays Alison Van Uytvanck in the last match on Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday evening.
“I think it would be silly to look at Venus’ age and somehow consider that as a reflection of her level”.
“I would assume. She’s never mentioned anything about not being here, not competing”.
“I think I was really focussed and that first round really helped me because I was really just fighting”, world number one Williams told reporters after setting up a third-round clash against 18-year-old Russian Daria Kasatkina.
A strong run in the third grand slam of the year might see her grace Centre Court at Wimbledon, however, even if the home of British tennis has less meaning to her than some of her compatriots.
“It all started here – this is where I played my first Grand Slam right on this court and I’m still going, it’s such an honor”, said Williams, who has a 70-9 win-loss record at Melbourne Park since her debut in 1998.
Roger Federer extended his streak by reaching the third round for his 17th consecutive Australian Open.
For the second time in three days, Novak Djokovic won a match at the Australian Open and was confronted by questions about match-fixing in the sport.
She reached the quarterfinals at the Australian and U.S. Opens – the first and last majors of the year.
Second-seeded Andy Murray, who has lost all four finals he’s contested, takes on Alexander Zverev in the second match at Margaret Court Arena. “Today I just didn’t get my game out but it’s one day out of however many I have been away from home, training every day and practising well”.
“It’s the least I expect to be in the third round of a Slam, obviously, so I’m pumped up, playing well, feeling good”, Federer said.
They were joined in the third round by another Russian, last year’s losing finalist Maria Sharapova.
The Dane was cruising at a set and a service break up before capitulating in a 1-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 loss to Kazakhstan youngster Yulia Putintseva.
“I wasn’t holding serve, I was getting nowhere near his serves”.
Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko shocked 23rd seed Svetlana Kuznetsova as she continues her comeback after having a baby in 2013.
Sharapova double-faulted on set point as the nerves jangled and her 21-year-old opponent made the most of it with some quality baseline rallies helping her pull back another game.
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Other seeded players advancing included No. 12 Belinda Bencic, who had a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Timea Babos, and No. 13 Roberta Vinci, who beat Irina Falconi 6-2, 6-3.
