The BIGGEST Aussie upset since 2005 at the Aus Open 🤯🤯🤯 Alexei Popyrin, you bloody BEAUTY‼
Aussie duo Alex de Minaur and wildcard Alexei Popyrin have won through to the third round of the Australian Open, while countryman Thanasi Kokkinakis leads Sir Andy Murray by two sets in his bid to join the pair.Follow all the action in our live blog below!
Vondrousova didn’t offer up a single break point on her way to claiming the first set in just 24 minutes.“Vondrousova didn’t get tight or start doubting.Jabeur’s big struggles came with her second serve, winning just two points off it in the opener. Coupled with 18 unforced errors to Vondrousova’s 4.And when she went up a break, the match momentum seemed to sway.
He successfully defended three break points on his opening service game of the match, before breaking Murray at 2-2. The Australian came close to breaking Murray again at 2-4 but failed to convert two opportunities. It would prove needless, however, with Kokkinakis serving out the first set 6-4. Djokovic comfortably won the first set 6-1 after his rival rolled an ankle and required a medical time-out in the opening minutes.
At times, the match became a war of attrition - with 71 points extending nine shots or more, with De Minaur winning 37 of them compared to Mannarino’s 34. De Minaur defended one set point, but it wasn’t enough as Mannarino levelled the ledger at a set apiece. 26-year-old Bonzi hit back from a two-set deficit to overcome 14th seed Pablo Carreno Busta and book a place in his first Grand Slam third round in four hours and 11 minutes.Alex De Minaur in action against Adrian Mannarino. Picture: Mark StewartIn the first round, Alexei Popyrin beat Taiwan’s Chun-Hsin ‘Jason’ Tseng 4-6 7-6 6-7 7-6 6-1 in a 4h26m war that finished at 2:02am AEDT Wednesday morning.
After losing the first set tie-break 7-4, Popyrin turned the tables in the second set tiebreak, winning the first five points and sealing he the breaker 7-2.
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