Nadal's injury, the rain still comes, Swiatek without shaking… what to remember from the night at the Australian Open

The injury

Led two zero sets and on the edge of the abyss,

must deal with a new injury during his second round against the American Mackenzie Mcdonald.

Led 6-4, 5-3 against Mackenzie Mcdonald, the Mallorcan then complained of severe pain in the left groin.

He took a medical time-out and left the court to get some treatment.

He returned to the field well but the concern is great for the defending champion, led two sets to nil...

To discover

• Australian Open: ladies schedule and results

• Australian Open: men's schedule and results

The weather point

So much water, so much water in Melbourne.

Conditions worthy of Wimbledon, when in the past, the rain often invited itself… For the second day in a row, the rain played the spoilsports and disrupted the program.

She invited herself to Melbourne in the early afternoon.

For the time being, outdoor matches have still not resumed.

Only the matches scheduled on the courts with a roof (Rod Laver, Margaret Court, John Cain) were thus able to take place normally.

On Tuesday, a heat wave followed by heavy rain had already prevented the smooth running of the outdoor games.

And several games have been postponed to Wednesday.

The favorite

All is well for the world number 1

.

The Pole dominated Colombian Camilla Osorio (84th) 6-2, 6-3 without shaking.

“

,” slipped the world number one.

On Monday, the favorite of the tournament had experienced a complicated first round against the German Jule Niemeier.

Semi-finalist of the 2022 edition, Swiatek will face the Canadian Bianca Andreescu (43rd), winner of the US Open 2019, or the Spaniard from the qualifications Cristina Bucsa (100th) on Friday.

The demonstration

Between the drops,

, 16th in the world, walked against the Argentinian Tomas Etcheverry (79th) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, Wednesday in Melbourne.

Quarter-finalist at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open last year, the Italian is one of the players who could create a surprise.

In the next round, the 21-year-old nugget will face the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (78th) or the South African Lloyd Harris (186th).

The tribute

Under the roof of the Rod Laver Arena, American

(3rd) enforced her rank by beating Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (38th) 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) and will face Friday in the 3rd round the 'Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (61st) or Australian Olivia Gadecki (199th).

The American also distinguished herself by her outfit on the court.

She displayed on her outfit a number 3 in tribute to her compatriot Damar Hamlin, the American football player who suffered a heart attack on the field on January 2.

"

" of Hamlin who wears this number on his Buffalo Bills jersey, explained Pegula after his victory.

Fright

On the Margaret court Arena, the 6th world

suffered against the young Russian Diana Shnaider (106th), 18 years old her first main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, but the 27-year-old Greek had the last word 3 -6, 7-5, 6-3.

"

," explained Sakkari, considering that the two players had "

".

In the blue corner

Eight French are supposed to play Wednesday, if the rain stops, because none are scheduled on a court with a roof.

has yet to play his first round against Colombian Hugo Dellien.

against John Isner (6-7, 4-3), and

against Michael Mmoh (6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 4-6, 1-3) must complete their first round.

and

must sue him too.

Their match was interrupted the day before (1-2).

Three other tricolors must play their second round:

against Barbora Krejcikova,

against Cameron Norrie and

against Francisco Cerundolo.

To be continued this Wednesday morning

Rafael Nadal, defending champion, is in pain.

Led two zero sets by Molcan, Félix Auger-Aliassime started a Remontada and picked up two sets everywhere.

To be followed in particular this morning in France from 9 a.m. on the Rod Laver Arena:

, last year's finalist, who must play his second round in the evening, just like

on the Rod Laver and Margaret Court courts equipped from a roof.

In the women's table, the clash of the new generation between E

and

is particularly eagerly awaited (from 9 a.m.).