World No. 117 Denis Istomin played the match of his life on Thursday when he sensationally beat six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic. The Uzbekistani wild card ended Djokovic’s 15-match winning streak at Melbourne Park with a 7-6(8), 5-7, 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 victory over almost five hours on Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. He will next play No. 30 seed Pablo Carreno Busta, who cruised past #NextGen ATP Kyle Edmund 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 in the third round. "It is unreal," said Istomin. "To beat Novak in five sets, it's a great win. I'm still feeling a little bit tired. I didn't expect to be doing what I'm doing now and what I did on the court. I like the way...
Milos Raonic submitted another business-like performance on Friday at the Australian Open, sending Luxembourg's Gilles Muller home after a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4) second-round win. The third-seeded Canadian struck 21 aces and limited the big-serving Muller's count to seven. ”I played well, I was efficient,” said Raonic, who admitted he was suffering from flu. “I got the breaks [and] I faced some scares. I played well in those situations [and ] I stepped up at the end of that third set. He stepped up, as well. I'm happy I was able to finish it out there. ”Then this morning, I felt pretty bad waking up. I didn't warm up much. I just came out with the sort of idea of put...
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...
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...