Andy Murray Picks Up Third Round Win at Australian Tennis Open

Murray has reached four finals in Australia, but never won the title. Previous year as defending champion he lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Novak Djokovic.

Fernando Verdasco, who beat fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the first round, is out of the Australian Open in the second.

“I would actually like to know if there was any match that I was involved in that had any irregular betting patterns around it or anything like that”.

While the top seeds had no problems progressing, the same could not be said for Sock and Chardy, both men falling in straight sets to Lukas Rosol and Andrey Kuznetsov respectively.

Milos Raonic has advanced to the third round after overcoming determined veteran Tommy Robredo 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 7-5.

Muguruza misfired frequently on her groundstrokes, finishing with 32 unforced errors, and looked a bit listless throughout the match.

However, Murray made very light work of Groth on Thursday, defeating him in about 90 minutes 6-0, 6-4, 6-1. Gael Monfils will be looking to continue his fine form against Stephane Robert in what promises to be a fun and entertaining clash of the Frenchmen.

Azarenka needed barely an hour to cruise past Kovinic 6-1, 6-2.

The two-time Australian Open champion hasn’t given up more than three games in any of the 14 sets she has played this year, including her run to the title at the Brisbane International two weeks ago. “So I’m really happy with this victory”. “It keeps me focused”.

Groth finally delivered his first ace after 36 minutes, only to drop serve again moments later, and there were 43 minutes on the clock when he finally got the scoreboard moving to trail 6-0 3-1.

The 28-year-old Scot dominated the match in Melbourne from start to finish, breaking Groth’s much-vaunted serve four times in the opening set to seal his place in the next round, where he will face Portugal’s Joao Sousa for the third time in four years. Keys later lost to Serena Williams in the semis after beating three seeded players along the way. Japanese qualifier Naomi Osaka beat No. 18 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-4, 6-4.

Murray won through to the round of 16 in Melbourne for the eighth straight year with the win stretching his record over Sousa to 7-0. The second round match between Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and L…

Lopez knocked Isner out of the Australian Open in a five-set, third-round match at Hisense Arena in 2012. “It’s always good to be back”, Ivanovic said after the match.

Murray, who made two Grand Slam doubles finals last season – at Wimbledon and the US Open – enjoyed a 6-3 6-4 win over another Brit, Jonathan Marray, and Pakistan’s Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi.

Sears was later stretchered away and taken by ambulance to hospital and was said to be in a conscious state.

Medical staff attend to an injured patron on a stairwell on Rod Laver Arena at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016.

“I felt really bad”.

When play resumed after a half-hour delay, Ivanovic held serve for a 5-3 lead. The players stayed on the court during the break, getting regular updates from tournament officials. In 2008, he played Marcos Baghdatis in a third-round match that started before midnight and finished at 4:34 a.m. There was still a big crowd in Rod Laver Arena when he won it.

British tennis star Andy Murray is through to the third round of the Australian Open after sealing a comfortable victory over Australia’s Sam Groth earlier today.