She will next play Margarita Gasparyan, who beat Yulia Putintseva 6-3, 6-4.
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“Wow. I’ve won 600 matches?” She owns five Grand Slam singles titles, including the 2008 Australian Open. The Russian beauty dropped one set in the third round against Lauren Davis to advance to the round of 16. I can’t thank them enough. “That would be exciting”.
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“I think it’s a proud number”, she said at her post-match news conference. “That’s a fact. But there’s nothing else that I’d rather do right now than keep doing that”.
A younger Maria Sharapova was convinced she would be retired from tennis and have children by now, but it hasn’t quite turned out that way. “She was fearless”, Williams said.
Davis said she needed an energy boost because she hadn’t had lunch before the match.
“It’s not something I ever aimed for but when it happens, it’s very special”, he said. “I would assume (Venus will be back)”.
Fifth-seeded Maria Sharapova has eased to a 6-1, 6-3 win over Nao Hibino in a first-round match to start the night program at Margaret Court Arena. Bhambri was playing his first tour-level match since the last Australian Open. We haven’t played against each other before, but I’m sure we’ll be playing many times.
“Oh, wow, I’ve won 600 matches?” she said with surprise.
The five-time grand slam champion rued the second set despite still progressing. Seven doubles matches were later postponed. Two, Sharapova is renowned for her third-set toughness.
Sharapova has never played Bencic but will know of her recent conquests.
The seventh-seeded Nishikori, who reached the quarterfinals previous year, beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 without facing a break point Monday.
Another break for the Russian hauled her back into the set and it went with serve till a tense tiebreak, which included an epic 27-shot rally.
“It’s always great support from Michael”. I didn’t really know what to do on the court. “So it’s very nice”. Leading 6-5, the world number 103 made no mistake, converting her first opportunity to take the second set 7-6(5) as another error flew off of Sharapova’s forehand – one of her liabilities in the second set. “I love it every time I come here”.
He noted how he liked the renovation – the No. 2 stadium has had a roof installed since his last outing there.
The Australian Open announced the fine Wednesday after a meeting by the committee of Grand Slam supervisors.
Novak Djokovic advanced to the fourth round in Melbourne for the 10th straight year, saving two set points in the third and then closing the match out 6-1, 7-5, 7-6(6) against Andreas Seppi.
The fifth-seeded Sharapova’s only stumbles came when she her had her service broken twice in the opening set, including when she held two set points while serving at 5-1. At Hisense Arena, David Goffin played Dominic Thiem.
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Lauren Davis of the United States serves to Maria Sharapova of Russian Federation during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016.
