Nadal, kyrgios through as freak weather hits australian open

Nadal, kyrgios through as freak weather hits australian open


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As action resumed Alexander Zverev, another man who has a running feud with Kyrgios, showed signs of a return to form as he downed Egor Gerasimov 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-5. The German seventh seed


has been practising up to seven hours a day after a winless ATP Cup and the hard work paid off as he safely reached the third round. "Definitely much better than the ATP Cup. Now in the


third round, I'm very happy about that," said the 22-year-old, who beat Italy's Marco Cecchinato in round one. However, fifth seed Dominic Thiem had a scare as he was taken


to five sets by Australia's 140th-ranked Alex Bolt before recovering his composure to win 6-2, 5-7, 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2. "It was all of a sudden a really tight third set that


shouldn't happen. That's why I was freaking out inside and also outside today," said the two-time French Open finalist. A nosebleed was one of Daniil Medvedev's biggest


challenges in his win over Spanish qualifier Pedro Martinez, while Gael Monfils, who injured his racquet hand playing computer games before the tournament, downed Ivo Karlovic. In the


women's draw Halep beat Dart 6-2, 6-4, while Belinda Bencic knocked out former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko -- she was playing despite the sudden death of her father this


month. Two-time Major winner Garbine Muguruza, who scaled Mount Kilimanjaro in the off-season as she searches for a return to form, dispatched home hope Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.