9:36: Murray made the break
Infuriating to Sousa. While the Portuguese had two opportunities to take the service of his opponent, he sold his game on setting a bad mistake in reverse. Murray took control of the heat (4-2).
9:15: It left for the night session
Four matches are on tonight in Australia. Murray – Sousa and Lepchenko – Zhang are programmed on Margaret Court Arena. Keys – Tomic and Ivanovic – Millman are on display on the Rod Laver Arena.
9:10: Kuznestsov joined Monfils
The last match of the session of the afternoon just ended with the victory of Andrey Kuznetsov. The Russian gave a set to Dudi Sela but managed to avoid a fifth round by winning the tiebreak of the fourth (7-5, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6). He will meet in the fourth round Gael Monfils. The French, who never went to Melbourne in the quarter, holds a very good chance of doing against the 74th player in the world.
9:06: Highlights of the defeat of Muguruza
Hlts Muguruza – Strycova – Eurosport
9:00: Sela Kuznetsov and play in the fourth set tiebreak
The only match in progress at the moment is dominated by Kuznetsov face Sela. The Russian won the third set and leads two sets to one. Both men are in the tiebreak in the third set.
8:00: Sela clings
Dudi Sela was glued to one set all face Kuznetsov, pocketing the second set 6-3. It is the only single underway to Merlbourne. Everything went very quickly in the day session!
7:50: Robert lost, but he signed daybreak
The meeting between Gael Monfils and Stéphane Robert offered some incredible points. The most spectacular, no doubt, remains one, won by Robert after two spectacular shots and an improbable amortized Monfils …
Do not miss: Monfils – Robert Spectacular Point – Eurosport
7:40: It happens in three sets to Monfils
It is done. Gael Monfils advanced to the knockout stages by beating in three sets (7-5, 6-3, 6-2) countryman Stephane Robert. Despite a double break late in the first and in the second set, Monfils was able to bend the match in three sets. He will face in, round the winner of the game between Kuznetsov and Sela. Monfils has not lost a set yet, the best advantage of an array still very favorable.
7:26: Monfils close to victory
This time, Stéphane Robert sure looks burnt. Gael Monfils has a double break lead (3-0) in the third set. The end is near.
7:22: Kuznestov took the lead
Andrey Kuznetosv, who defeated Jeremy Chardy won the first set 7-5 to Dudi Sela. Recall that the winner of this match will face in the fourth round to Gael Monfils or Stéphane Robert.
7:14: Monfils leading two sets to love
Gael Monfils had completed the first set by aligning five games to clear two breaks late. In the second, he again filled two handicap breaks to glue 6-0 Stephane Robert. Monfils leads 7-5, 6-3, despite a very inconsistent level of play, he is ideally placed to climb in the second round.
For fun, here’s one of the points of the day late in the first set. The two men are not stingy spectacular points elsewhere today.
Do not miss: Monfils – Robert Spectacular Point – Eurosport
7:05: Monfils reaffixable
Gael Monfils redid the shot of the first round. Le Parisien has filled his two late breaks back to 3-3.
6:56: Ferrer in three small sets
Still a very fast game in the men’s draw today. David Ferrer dispatched Steve Johnson in straight sets on court number 2: 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 in 1:39. This is the sixth consecutive year that the Spaniard 33 years, always reliable, rises at least in the fourth round in Melbourne. He will face John Isner in the next round.
6:55: Mahut and Herbert eliminated
Other info of the night, and bad news for French tennis, Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert had to give up on their big ambitions to double the Australian Open, as they were eliminated in the second round Pablo Andujar by the Spanish and Pablo Carreño in three sets 4-6 (4/7), 6-4, 6-1. “ This is a bit of a disaster. We did not expect to lose in the second round, even though we played singles ,” admitted Herbert.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut – Imago
6:50: Sunday program
We now know the Sunday program of the day, marking the beginning of the fourth round. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will face Kei Nishikori on Hisense Arena starting at 11 am or at 1 am the next night. Gilles Simon Novak Djokovic will challenge later on Rod Laver Arena, not before 4 am, after the meetings of the women’s singles Sharapova and Williams-Bencic-Gasparyan. Roger Federer is programmed in night session on central (9:30 hour from Paris) against David Goffin.
6:47: Break input for Robert
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Stéphane Robert succeeds in the first set as the first break of the round. From the first game this time. An excellent game back from the veteran, decided not to let go despite losing the first set on a frustrating scenario for him.
6:41: First set Monfils
Small miracle for Monfils. Led 5-2, double break and two set points against him, Gael then aligned five games and three breaks to win the first set 7-5. 11 winners and 11 unforced errors for Monfils, 21 fouls and 21 points for Robert. Monfils may have done the hard part, provided to keep the thread of her game.
6:40: Sela to play a Kuznetsov-French
This is the 16th final that nobody expected between Dudi Sela and Andrey Kuznetsov. The winner will face Gael Monfils or Stephane Robert in eighth. The meeting has just started on the short N.3.
6:35: Monfils was diesel fashion
Gael Monfils had a complicated early game facing Stéphane Robert. Led 5-2 and double break against him, he has finally put in his game and just align four straight games. Monfils 6-5 lead, but Robert will be used to try to push at the decisive play.
6:20: Ferrer pitched well
David Ferrer leads 6-1, 6-4 to American Steve Johnson. So all is well for the Spaniard, on course to climb in the fourth round for the sixth consecutive year.
The information of the night: The big boys went quickly, in turn falls Muguzura
That is what we must remember the first hours of the day in Melbourne:
- The Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza, No.3 seed, was eliminated in the third round by Czech Barbora Strycova the (World 48th) in straight sets 6-3, 6-2. Muguruza, 22, had proven last year by reaching the French Open quarter-finals and the final of Wimbledon. Strycova will face in the fourth round Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, more than ever outsider in this lower part increasingly depopulated the table. Nine of the sixteen seeded players had already disappeared in the first two rounds, the world No.2, the Romanian Simona Halep.
- Wawrinka place: The Vaudois still feels both Melbourne. Winner in 2014 and semi-finalist in 2015, here in the round this year without a care. He made short work of Lukas Rosol that night with another victory in three sets; 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 in less than two hours. But the next round, it could be more complicated …
- Raonic Breake but easy: Milos Raonic is still undefeated in 2015. Brisbane Tournament winner including beating Federer in the final, the Canadian is lurking in the Australian Open. Viktor Troicki was certainly the first player to breaker Raonic in this tournament but this did not prevent the seeded No. 13 to win in three sets, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4. His “clash” with Wawrinka in the round promises much.
Hlts Raonic – Troicki – Eurosport
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