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Australian Open 2018: Tuesday Results, Highlights, Scores Recap from Melbourne

January 17, 2018 04:31·
Djokovic is the president of the ATP player council but is proposing a new independent union for players

Djokovic is the president of the ATP player council but is proposing a new independent union for players

The Serb, six-time Australian Open victor, beat American Donald Young 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in 1 hour 51 minutes in the first round on Tuesday, demonstrating that he can still sting.

But former world No1 Djokovic is refusing to shed much light on where he stands on a new players' union and using it to put pressure on tournament organisers to give players a bigger cut of revenues.

"I don't think I played a bad match".

'The first match after six months you don't know how you are going to start. I was obviously hoping that this was going to continue and be transferred into the first round of Australian Open, but playing a practice set and playing an official match in a Grand Slam is quite different, because, you have nerves that kick in. She made her return to the majors at the U.S. Open, and finished the year ranked No. 60. Halep was 5-2 down in the first set to the 17-year-old Australian, who looked fearless as she took on the woman top of the WTA rankings.

Sharapova barely missed a beat in her first match back in Melbourne since a failed doping test in 2016 resulted in a 15-month ban from tennis.

Federer, bidding for his 20th grand slam title, beat Aljaz Bedene 6-3 6-4 6-3 at Melbourne Park, Djokovic defeated Donald Young 6-1 6-2 6-4 and Wawrinka battled to a 6-3 6-4 2-6 7-6 (2) win over Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis.

"I cherish these moments".

"I feel like maybe somebody like a Rafa, with the year that he's had, and Novak with the six titles he's had here, even if it's unknown how he's feeling, they could very well be the favourites, too", Federer said.

"I really believe that there is plenty of time later on (in) the year to speak about things".

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The Serbian former world number one has been out of action for six months.

"Well I did have various emotions, mostly good ones: excitement, joy, gratitude for being able to have an opportunity to compete", he said. I won a straight-set match.

Sixth seed Karolina Pliskova and eighth seed Caroline Garcia also progressed, in contrast to the other side of the draw that saw Venus Williams, Sloane Stephens and Coco Vandeweghe crash out on Monday.

Djokovic and Young first played in the first round at the U.S. Open in 2006, when the American won the first set before losing the next three.

Young gun Alexander Zverev, seeded four, and Belgian seventh seed David Goffin were among men to make the second round.

The ninth-seeded Swiss Stan Wawrinka, who underwent knee surgery past year and also missed six months of action, battled through the pain to put out Lithuania's Ricardas Berankis 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7-2).

The 12-times Grand Slam champion, seeded an unfamiliar 14, took 1hr 51min on Margaret Court Arena to emerge victorious.

MELBOURNE, Australia — One fine match does not make a comeback.

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