iPhone | iPad
Android
HuaweiMELBOURNE, Australia - Third-seeded Novak Djokovic beat Ivan Dodig 7-5, 6-7 (10), 6-0, 6-2 on Wednesday to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.
KT APPDOWNLOAD
MORE FROM Tennis
Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic had to work overtime to reach the third round of the Australian Open with a four-set win over Croatian Ivan Dodig on Wednesday.
Venus Williams hobbled while Wozniacki and Henin cantered on Wednesday but all three reached the third round of an Australian Open where upsets continue to be thin on the ground.
DUBAI — Caroline Wozniacki won more titles than any other player on the WTA tour during the 2010 season, but the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships was not among them.
Caroline Wozniacki and Justine Henin barely broke sweat as they swept into the third round of the Australian Open in the first hour’s play on another cool morning at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.
David Nalbandian beat Lleyton Hewitt 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1), 9-7 in the early hours of Wednesday, prolonging the former No. 1-ranked Australian star’s long drought at Melbourne Park.
Struggling former tennis superpower Australia is unlikely to claw itself out of its “black hole” unless administrators throw more money into grass-roots development rather than elite programmes, according to former Fed Cup captain John Alexander.
Belgium’s Kim Clijsters inflicted the dreaded ‘double bagel’ on Russian Dinara Safina with a 6-0 6-0 first round blowout at the Australian Open on Tuesday.
Fifth-seeded Andy Murray has advanced to the second round at the Australian Open when his opponent, Karol Beck, retired with a shoulder injury.
The Australian Open draw has opened up a potential can of worms for security organisers at Melbourne Park, with rival Serb and Croatian supporters to be thrown into close proximity for Novak Djokovic’s second round match against Croatia’s Ivan Dodig.
