Watch highlights as top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut advance to the second round at the Australian Open on Thursday in Melbourne. Photo: Getty Images. Video Courtesy Tennis Australia.
Watch highlights as Milos Raonic eases past recent Sydney champion Gilles Muller in straight sets at the Australian Open on Thursday. Photo: Getty Images. Video Courtesy Tennis Australia.
Watch highlights as Denis Istomin beats six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in five sets on Thursday in Melbourne. Photo: Getty Images. Video Courtesy Tennis Australia.
Ninth seed and 2009 champion Rafael Nadal dominated 2006 finalist Marcos Baghdatis in a superb performance of attacking tennis on Thursday night at the Australian Open. Nadal improved to 9-1 lifetime against Baghdatis with a 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 win on Rod Laver Arena over two hours and 12 minutes. He opened up a 5-1 lead in the first set and won the first four games in the second set, then finished with a cross-court forehand winner to improve to a 47-10 mark at Melbourne Park. "I haven't played during the night here yet,” Nadal said during an on-court interview with fellow former World No. 1 Jim Courier. “So the conditions are different. The ball is lower so I had to...
Top seeds Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut successfully began their Australian Open title quest, advancing to the second round with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Adrian Mannarino and Adil Shamasdin in exactly one hour on Thursday. The all-French duo next face Jerzy Janowicz and Marcin Matkowski. Sam Querrey and Donald Young caused the biggest upset in the doubles draw thus far, ousting defending champions and second seeds Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares in the first round. The Americans needed to capitalise on just their one break point chance in the 72-minute match for a 6-3, 7-6(5) win over the British/Brazilian team. Next up for Querrey and Young in the second round is the all-Russian duo of #NextGenATP star Karen Khachanov...