Australian Open 2021: Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic in 2nd spherical

Image Source : AP United States’ Serena Williams carries her luggage as she leaves th court docket after defeating Germany’s Laura Siegemund of their first spherical match on the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Feb. 8
A fast take a look at the Australian Open:
LOOKAHEAD TO WEDNESDAY

Serena Williams continues her quest for a report twenty fourth Grand Slam singles title when she performs her second-round match towards Nina Stojanovic of Serbia. Bianca Andreescu, who beat Williams within the 2019 U.S. Open remaining however was then sidelined for 15 months, performs her second match in a long-awaited damage comeback towards Hsieh Su-wei. Second-seeded Simona Halep takes on native hope Ajla Tomljanovic and three-time main winner Naomi Osaka performs Caroline Garcia. Eight-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic performs Frances Tiafoe in what may very well be an early check for the defending champion. U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem takes on Dominik Koepfer within the second spherical whereas Denis Shapovalov, who had a troublesome five-set win over Jannik Sinner in an enthralling five-setter between future stars, is up towards Australian qualifier Bernard Tomic.
WEDNESDAY’S FORECAST
Sunny. High of 31 Celsius (88 levels Fahrenheit)
TUESDAY’S WEATHER
Sunny. High of 26 Celsius (79 Fahrenheit)

TUESDAY’S KEY RESULTS IN THE DAY SESSION
Women’s First Round: No. 1 Ash Barty beat Danka Kovinic 6-0, 6-0; No. 4 Sofia Kenin beat Maddison Inglis 7-5, 6-4; No. 5 Elina Svitolina beat Marie Bouzkova 6-3, 7-6 (5); No. 6 Karolina Pliskova beat Jasmine Paolini 6-0, 6-2; No. 11 Belinda Bencic beat Lauren Davis 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Jessica Pegula beat No. 12 Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 6-4; Kaja Juvan beat No. 13 Johanna Konta 4-6, 2-0 ret.; No. 14 Garbine Muguruza beat Margarita Gasparyan 6-4, 6-0; No. 18 Elise Mertens beat Leylah Fernandez 6-1, 6-3; No. 22 Jennifer Brady beat Aliona Bolsova 6-1, 6-3; No. 22 Jennifer Brady beat Aliona Bolsova 6-1, 6-3; Ann Li beat No. 31 Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-0; Coco Gauff beat Jil Teichmann 6-3, 6-2.
Men’s First Round: No. 2 Rafael Nadal beat Laslo Djere 6-3, 6-4, 6-1; No. 4 Daniil Medvedev beat Vasek Pospisil 6-2, 6-2, 6-4; No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Gilles Simon 6-1, 6-2, 6-1; No. 7 Andrey Rublev beat Yannick Hanfmann 6-3, 6-3, 6-4; No. 9 Matteo Berrettini beat Kevin Anderson 7-6 (9), 7-5, 6-3; Radu Albot beat No. 12 Roberto Bautista Agut 6-7 (1), 6-0, 6-4, 7-6 (5); Alexei Popyrin beat No. 13 David Goffin 3-6, 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6 (6), 6-3; No. 21 Alex De Minaur beat Tennys Sandgren 7-5, 6-1, 6-1; Carlos Alcaraz beat Botic van de Zandschulp 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
STAT OF THE DAY
17: Carlos Alcaraz, 17, turned the youngest man to win a Grand Slam singles match since Thanasi Kokkinakis on the 2014 Australian Open.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Tennis gamers by no means calm down, regardless of which spherical, which event. I settle for the truth that it will probably go unsuitable. I’m extra open to adaptation, to uncertainty”: Muguruza on coping with strain.