Djokovic thrashes Hyeon to kick start Oz Open with a bang

She received treatment on her right ankle during a medical time out in the third set.

Digging up her past, she said, has been “really interesting and scary at the same time”.

Fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland showed no signs of her recent leg injury in overcoming Christina McHale 6-2 6-3.

The 24th seed, Sloane Stephens, who beat Serena Williams in the 2013 Australian Open quarter-finals, went out 6-3 6-3 to Chinese qualifier Wang Qiang.

On Monday afternoon in temperatures of 34 Celsius (93 Fahrenheit) Djokovic became annoyed with himself and his play at times, including three double-faults. “He’s very, very tall and he’s got a very solid game from the baseline”.

Fifth-seeded Maria Sharapova eased to a 6-1, 6-3 win over Nao Hibino.

Williams gave a wave to the crowd and trudged off the court slowly before walking past a line of banners displaying photos of past Australian Open champions, her sister Serena among them.

Novak Djokovic, now the world’s No. 1 player, said he was offered about $200,000 in 2007 to throw a match in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Tennis’s top stars are in Melbourne competing in the Australian Open.

Williams cut short her 2015 season after defeat in the US Open semi-finals ended her bid for a calendar-year Grand Slam, and she pulled out of this month’s Hopman Cup with an inflamed knee.

Williams fired two aces and a service victor to finish it off.

Williams said she thought the break had done her good.

“I’m more excited than nervous now”, Murray said of the pending arrival. “I’m just happy to finish off today and be able to get ready for the next one”, said the Russian.

The allegations, he said, related to matches from nearly 10 years ago and didn’t involve active players.

“I have been going non-stop since the London Olympics and, seeing that this is another Olympic year, I kind of wanted to start the year out really fresh and really go at it again as hard as I can. But I think physically I was really good on the court”.

ATP chairman Chris Kermode and the Tennis Integrity United used a hastily convened news conference to reject reports that match-fixing in the sport has gone unchecked.

Federer was also untroubled in his 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 win over Georgia’s Nicoloz Basilashvili as he continued his quest for a record-extending 18th Grand Slam title.

“I would say it’s a pretty s***** start to the season”, the Dane told reporters. The 17-time Grand Slam champion shone under the lights of Rod Laver Arena to wrap up the match in an hour and 12 minutes, putting on a clinic of clean hitting.

Nadal still has clear memories of his epic Australian Open semifinal win against Verdasco in 2009, which lasted for five hours and 14 minutes.

“It wasn’t very easy – she obviously plays really well…”

Over on Hisense Arena, 2014 U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori of Japan is playing Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.

Djokovic played his match, and then faced a grilling over the reports.

The tennis match-fixing bubble burst this week as Buzzfeed News and BBC dug into disturbing details of widespread match-fixing at the professional level.

None of the players were named, although reports said all had been in the top 50.