Murray wins second round match over Groth

The second favorite to win the 2016 Australian Open faced Danka Kovinic in a match that ended 6-1, 6-2.

Murray will next take on 32nd seed Joao Sousa in the third round.

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. He’ll retire after the tournament.

“It’s unfortunate it happened obviously but just one of those things you have to deal with”, Murray said. And the tributes kept streaming in.

Ferrer praises Hewitt after his victory: “Lleyton Hewitt is one of the best players in history”.

“It’s my first time playing him in singles, he’s a big guy”.

And from American Sloane Stephens, a simple tweet: “Epic Mate”.

Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt bade an emotional farewell from tennis today after a combustible Australian Open defeat in which he was warned for swearing and slammed the umpire as an “idiot”.

There was a brief respite for the world number 67 as Murray’s level dropped long enough for him to be pegged back to 4-4, but another run of games – this time five in a row – saw the four-time finalist regain control.

The result was two breaks of serve, the second of which saw Murray move to 5-1 up from where he served out yet another comprehensive victory. It’s Djokovic’s favourite – but there are plenty of rivals for the Serb.

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

On match point, Murray slugged an ace out wide, his 10th.

“Sorry, mate” – I think I say it all the time, whether it’s on the court or off the court, it’s just my go to.

The strong-serving Canadian fired 24 aces, but he also made 59 unforced errors, compared to 17 for Robredo.

And Aussie No 1 Bernard Tomic plays Simone Bolelli. Since then, he has talked openly of how much he relished the moment, how it put him at ease, especially compared with his Wimbledon championship three years ago, which Murray described as more relief than joy.

She beat Alison Van Uytvanck 6-0, 6-0 in the first round at Melbourne Park.

“I don’t really know”, Serena said. Japanese qualifier Naomi Osaka beat No. 18 Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-4, and No. 11 Timea Bacsinszky, No. 19 Jelena Jankovic and No. 30 Sabine Lisicki were other seeded players to go out.

One thing for sure: the Williams sisters aren’t playing doubles, so that will be the last sighting of Venus this year. “He’s been in a lot of important matches in his career and he’s very calm all the time, which keeps me on an even keel”.

Isner, who will next face Feliciano Lopez, looks to reach the round of 16 in Australia for the first time in six years.

Already in a 4-0, love-40 hole to start the match against Andy Murray, Sam Groth dumped a backhand into the net, walked off the court and called his performance “pitiful”.

Tournament organisers said the spectator was treated in the stadium before being taken by stretcher for observation and more treatment.

1s Andy Murray and Johanna Konta breezed into the third round on another variable day at the Australian Open. No other details were immediately available. “Plays predominantly from the back of the court”, he said.

Murray also suggested his opponent may have suffered from some pre-match nerves, having never previously played at the Rod Laver Arena.

Sam Groth has been bundled out of the Australian Open in Melbourne in straight sets by Andy Murray.