Match suspended after Ana Ivanovic’s coach collapses

The match was suspended for 50 minutes while Sears, who lives in Sussex, was taken to hospital, where it is understood he was seeing a cardiologist.

And despite dropping his first set of the tournament against the 32nd seed from Portugal, Murray came through 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-2 in in two hours, 38 minutes on Margaret Court Arena to extend his unbeaten run against Sousa to seven meetings.

The Press Association also reported that Jamie Murray, brother of Andy, said that Sears was sitting up and talking after arriving in hopsital.

Sears is the father of Murray’s wife Kim, who is expecting their first child in mid-February and has not travelled to Melbourne.

Wins yesterday from both Madison Keys and Ana Ivanovic have set up an intriguing third round match between the pair.

Uncannily, it was the second Ivanovic match at Rod Laver Arena to be interrupted by a medical emergency after an elderly spectator fell on a stairway and also needed lengthy treatment on Thursday.

“The match was suspended and the players updated on his condition”.

Muguruza, rated one of the few women capable of threatening champion Serena Williams, slumped out at the hands of unseeded Czech Barbora Strycova, her 6-3 6-2 loss punching a hole in the draw.

Ivanovic was leading Madison Keys 6-4, 1-0 when her match was stopped.

Sears was taken to hospital to undergo tests. I give my thoughts to that community, the families, the students and the school affected.

“She’s a little unpredictable and she surprised me with her game”, said Azarenka, who signed off with a now-customary “dab” and discussion on dancing and music.

Key’s win sets the 15th seed up with a crack at the quarter-finals if she can get past Chinese giant-killer Zhang Shuai, who knocked out world number two Simona Halep and on Saturday despatched America’s Varvara Lepchenko.

Stan Wawrinka won his 400th tour-level match with a 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory over Lukas Rosol in the third round at the Australian Open. Ivanovic on the other hand has already improved on last year’s performance down under where she was stunned in the first round.

“It was not easy out here today – she’s an incredibly tough opponent and I had an incredibly tough match against her at the French Open previous year”, said Konta.