Australian Championship: Top 1 struggled against Francis Taipei (64) en route to the third round • Williams crushed Stoyanovic
Djokovic.
Worked hard on the way to the third round
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IPI
So far the surprises have not joined the first Grand Slam of the season, with so far the top players continuing to advance up the stages.
However, No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic made an effort to qualify for the third round today.
The Serb met Francis Taipei (64), and after a solid first set in which he won 3: 6, he sweated quite a bit in the next two sets.
Taipo overcame him for one draw in sets with 6: 7, and Djokovic, in the teeth, regained the advantage with his own 6: 7 in the third set.
Finally, the level differences did their thing, with Djokovic winning the fourth set, just like the first, 3: 6, and after 3 and a half hours on the field a V mark.
Dominic Tim (3), who lost last year in the final to Djokovic, had to put in less effort to sweep the 70-ranked Dominic Pepper, 4: 6, 0: 6, 2: 6.
The one who surprised everyone is the 17th ranked, Stan and Averinka.
True, the Swiss in retreat, the one who reduces the intensity of the drama, but still, he did not think that Merton Pochowicz (55) would overcome him after a close game of four hours and five sets.
The first two sets were for the Hungarian, who won 5: 7 and 1: 6.
And Averinka managed to recover and return to the game with 4: 6, 2: 6, but at the end of a close fifth set that was dragged to a tiebreaker, he surrendered 7: 6 to Pochovich, who deserved to win.
Additional results:
Diego Schwartzman (8) - Alexander Müller (2: 6, 0: 6, 3: 6; Dennis Spovalov (11) - Bernard Tomic 1: 6, 3: 6, 2: 6; Milos Raunic (14 ) - Corinthians tilted 7: 6, 1: 6, 1: 6, 4: 6.
Serena Williams. Crushing // Photo: AFP
Serena's superiority
When she's healthy, Serena Williams is unstoppable.
The super tennis player met Nina Stoyanovich (99) today and swept her with an easy 3: 6, 0: 6, and so far in two games she has lost only five games.
Serena's big sister, Venus Williams - already 40 years old - played injured against Sarah Iranian and suffered a resounding 6: 1, 6: 0 defeat, possibly the last game in the Australian Open
Ranked 2nd, Simona Halp had to make an effort to oust Ayala Tomilanovic (73) 4: 6, 5: 7.
Romania has a perfect balance against the Australian.