Tennis | Daniil Medvedev dropped Nick Kyrgios while the crowd was buzzing

In the women’s singles, surprises were seen when two pre-favorites were eliminated in the second round.

Tennis The Australian Open continued with a series of women’s surprises on Thursday. Third place in Spain Garbine Muguruza and ranked sixth Anett Kontaveit were eliminated from their sequel in the second round.

Muguruza was given a chance to change things around Alize Cornetia against. The rattle of less than an hour and a half ended in a surprise loss for the Spaniard, reading 3–6, 3–6.

The result even surprised Cornet.

“I’ve already become quite a dinosaur on this tour,” Cornet, 32, on Saturday, wondered where to go.

“I’ve been involved for 16 years, so I’ve experienced a lot of matches and figured out a wide variety of situations.”

Kontaveitia was pre-determined to be a potential surprise for the tournament thanks to a strong last year. However, he did not get into the rhythm of the match against the young Danish Clara Tauson.

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The high-rise Tauson banged the game with a sequel reading of 6-2, 6-4 as Kontaveit collapsed into 27 easy mistakes.

Ranked second in Belarus Arina Sabalenka still struggled with his feeding problems but defeated China Wang Xinyun 1–6, 6–4, 6–2.

Emma Raducanu, the reigning champion of the U.S. Open Championship, was knocked out by Danka Kovinic of Montenegro.

Kovinic won 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 and advanced for the first time in his career to the third round of the value tournament.

Men tournament champion favorite Daniil Medvedev advanced to the third round by holding Australia Nick Kyrgiosin and his nerves under control.

The Russian took the victory 7–6 (7–1), 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, although the Australian audience shouted loudly for Kyrgios.

“I came here to win this match and I’m glad I was able to do it. It’s not in my power to choose whether I’ll be buzzed between the first and second innings. It’s not easy. I just had to stay calm,” Medvedev said.

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Medvedev will next be met by a Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulpin.

Chris O’Connell from the tournament in Argentina Diego Schwartzmanin. The Australian who entered the tournament with a wild card patted the winning scores 7-6 (8-6), 6-4, 6-4 on the scoreboard.

Greece fourth placed Stefanos Tsitsipas was cramped in Argentina Sebastian Baezia against, but eventually took the win in the four-handed match.

The first set of the match stretched into the playoffs before Tsitsipas took command of the game.

“I’m glad I survived this resistance. There was a lot of fighting and cursing, but I still survived the third round,” Tsitsipas sighed after the game.

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