World No. 1 Andy Murray suffered an injury scare on Wednesday night at the Australian Open when he rolled his right ankle during a 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 victory over qualifier and #NextGenATP teenager Andrey Rublev. Murray, a five-time runner-up at Melbourne Park, will next meet American No. 31 seed Sam Querrey, who lost only three of his first service points to beat 17-year-old Australian wild card Alex De Minaur 7-6(5), 6-0, 6-1 in one hour and 48 minutes. “I played pretty well tonight,” said Murray. “It was better than the first match. I was hitting the ball a bit cleaner [and] I was hitting through the court more. [There were] more winners. I was able to get myself up to...
Third seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan made a speedy start at the Australian Open on Wednesday as the men’s doubles draw action kicked off. The six-time champions did not face a break point to beat the all-French duo of Paul-Henri Mathieu and Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-0 in 43 minutes. Fourth seeds and reigning ATP Finals champions Henri Kontinen and John Peers fired seven aces to defeat Santiago Gonzalez and David Marrero 7-6(1), 6-4. They next face Marcos Baghdatis and Gilles Muller, 6-1, 6-4 winners over Cheng-Peng Hsieh and Tsung-Hua Yang. Fifth seeds Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez advanced to the second round with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Alexandr Dolgopolov and Gerald Melzer, while No. 9 seeds Ivan...
Mischa Zverev talks through an emotional five-set victory over John Isner to reach the Australian Open third round for the first time on Wednesday in Melbourne. Photo: Getty Images
Andreas Seppi silenced Australian supporters on Hisense Arena when he saved one match point in a comeback victory over local No. 14 seed Nick Kyrgios at the Australian Open on Wednesday night. World No. 89 Seppi fought back from an 0-2 sets deficit and saved one match point at 7-8, Ad-out, in the deciding set to triumph 1-6, 6-7(1), 6-4, 6-2, 10-8 in three hours and 12 minutes. It was his fifth comeback from 0-2 sets down and his first win over Kyrgios, who had previous beaten Seppi at the 2014 US Open and 2015 Australian Open (8-6 in the fifth set). “I remember the match from two years ago – it was pretty much the same,” said Seppi. “I...