Australian Open 2021: Rafael Nadal, Ashleigh Barty, Sofia Kenin in 2nd spherical

Image Source : AP Spain’s Rafael Nadal serves to Serbia’s Laslo Djere throughout their first spherical match on the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Feb. 9
A fast have a look at the Australian Open:
LOOKAHEAD TO THURSDAY

Top-seeded Ash Barty is aiming to proceed her glowing type when she takes on fellow Australian Daria Gavrilova within the second spherical. Barty misplaced simply 10 factors in a 6-0, 6-0 win over Danka Kovinic within the first spherical, her first match at a significant in additional than a yr. She’s coming off a title win a tuneup match final week. Defending champion Sofia Kenin will face Estonian veteran Kaia Kanepi, who received the one earlier match they performed in 2018. Rafael Nadal, in the meantime, continues his quest for a males’s file twenty first main title with a second-round match towards American Michael Mmoh within the evening session. And 16-year-old Coco Gauff takes on the fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, a two-time Australian Open quarterfinalist.
THURSDAY’S FORECAST
Partly sunny. High of 33 Celsius (91 levels Fahrenheit)
WEDNESDAY’S WEATHER
Sunny. High of 32 Celsius (90 Fahrenheit)

WEDNESDAY’S KEY RESULTS IN THE DAY SESSION
Women’s Second Round: No. 7 Aryna Sabalenka beat Daria Kasatkina 7-6(5), 6-3; Hsieh Su-wei beat No. 8 Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 6-2; Sorana Cirstea beat No. 9 Petra Kvitova 6-4, 1-6, 6-1; No. 10 Serena Williams beat Nina Stojanovic 6-3, 6-0; No. 14 Garbine Muguruza beat Liudmila Samsonova 6-3, 6-1; No. 15 Iga Swiatek beat Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-4; Sara Errani beat Venus Williams 6-1, 6-0; Ann Li beat Alize Cornet 6-2, 7-6 (6).
Men’s Second Round: No. 1 Novak Djokovic beat Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2), 6-3; No. 3 Dominic Thiem beat Dominik Koepfer 6-4, 6-0, 6-2; No. 8 Diego Schwartzman beat Alexandre Muller 6-2, 6-0, 6-3; No. 11 Denis Shapovalov beat Bernard Tomic 6-1, 6-3, 6-2; No. 14 Milos Raonic beat Corentin Moutet 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-1, 6-4; Marton Fucsovics beat No. 17 Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (9); No. 20 Felix Auger-Aliassime beat James Duckworth 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
STAT OF THE DAY
8 hours, 11 minutes — The complete time Hungarian participant Marton Fucsovics has spent on court docket in his first two matches, which have each gone to 5 units. Fucsovics ousted former champion Stan Wawrinka on Wednesday after saving three match factors.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I don’t feel at my best on the court for sure, but I’m super happy that I’m finally back after being off for so long. It’s just such an amazing feeling being back, doing what I love.” — 2019 U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu, who misplaced within the second spherical, on having the ability to play tennis once more after a 15-month layoff because of accidents