Novak Djokovic Australian Open tennis union
The crafty Latvian had knocked Sharapova out of the fourth round at Flushing Meadows a year ago during the Russian's return to grand slam action after a 15-month doping ban. Djokovic, however, improved his serve in the second set, firing four aces and zero double faults, and earned 80 percent of the second serve points.
He broke Bedene's serve in the fourth game of the first set in which he conceded only three points on his serve.
For at least his first-round match, Novak Djokovic brushed aside any worries of his surgically-operated upon right elbow holding him back during this Australian Open.
"Have been very, very tough conditions yesterday and today", said the top-ranked Nadal, who played at night on Friday after the temperatures had dropped.
Stan Wawrinka was beaten in three sets by American Tennys Sandgren in the second round of the Australian Open.
Maria Sharapova is coming off a straight sets win over Anastasija Sevastova that took 20 games to decide. Novak Djokovic won 3-1. The Indians are expected to face a tough task in the second round as they will be up against fifth seeds Jamie Murray of Britain and Brazil's Bruno Soares.
No. 17-seeded Keys, the runner-up at the U.S. Open, had a 6-1, 7-5 win over Wang Qiang.
Peter Polansky, who also got a chance to play as a lucky loser, said he did not think he would have gotten the opportunity without the new rule. The Indo-French team enjoyed a strong start, bagging the first set without breaking too much sweat.
Cornet was able to finish the match, losing 7-5, 6-4.
Top players beat heat, rivals
His wins in the first two rounds make Sandgren 2-0 at majors. Until this week, he hadn't played since Wimbledon last July. We don't have the players in the same room at all times.
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Melbourne, Jan 18 (IANS) Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, World No.10, on Thursday prevailed over Karen Khachanov of Russian Federation 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (0-7), 6-4 securing a place in the Australian Open third round for the first time since 2013. "I'm happy I dodged some questions there".
"It was warm! And it got warmer as the match went on", an exhausted Sharapova told Xinhua. They are so strong.
My dream was always to play a long time on tour and we had a few guys playing a long time and I think that inspired me, he said post-match.
He now plays Spain's 21st seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the third round.
The weather might have cooled off before the opening night match on Margaret Court Arena between top-seeded Simona Halep of Romania and former No. 5 Eugenie Bouchard.
Former No. 1-ranked Angelique Kerber, the 2016 Australian Open victor, continued her resurgent run with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Anna-Lena Friedsam to extend her streak to 10 consecutive victories. Now ranked world No.3, Muguruza played with a bandaged right thigh to prevent any further complications in her leg, having withdrawn from the Brisbane International due to leg cramps in her opening match.
Both players walked nearly all the way to their chairs despite the chair umpire calling the ball out, with Monfils even challenging despite knowing full-well it was out.
The 2016 champion Kerber defeated her compatriot Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-0, 6-4 in a little over an hour.
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