That concludes time 2 of the Australian Open.
The second-round matches are present locked successful and the men's and women's singles draws are lone astir to go much competitive.
Some monolithic names enjoyed triumph connected the 2nd day, including Andy Murray, Aryna Sabalenka, Emma Raducanu, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nick Kyrgios.
Some tremendous upsets were pulled off, too, including the triumph of Australian wildcard Maddison Inglis.
Pop backmost successful aboriginal this greeting arsenic Wide World of Sports fires up the blog for the 3rd time of the Melbourne Park event.
It is shaping up to beryllium different thoroughly entertaining time of the expansive slam.
Goodnight!
Reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu has precocious to the 2nd circular successful a tense three-set lucifer against American Sloane Stephens, 6-0 2-6 6-1.
Raducanu kicked things disconnected with a ascendant opening set.
The 19-year-old clinched 3 large breaks successful the opening acceptable and looked comfy early, earlier Stephens stepped it up successful the 2nd set.
After making lone 2 unforced errors successful the archetypal set, it was a antithetic script successful the 2nd for Raducanu, who notched a whopping 19 arsenic Stephens broke connected 3 occasions.
But successful the deciding set, Raducanu reminded fans astatine Margaret Court Arena conscionable wherefore she's 1 of the astir breathtaking young talents coming through.
Holding her work crippled connected each juncture and notching 2 breaks against the American, Raducanu enjoyed what appeared to beryllium a reasonably elemental deciding acceptable en way to her first-round victory.
Stefanos Tsitsipas has defeated Mikael Ymer successful 3 sets, beating the Swede 6-2 6-4 6-3 to beforehand to the 2nd round.
His underdog rival posed an awesome combat passim the match, moving good astir the tribunal and producing immoderate epic constituent steals, but it was yet the satellite No.4 who precocious to the 2nd round.
Tsitsipas volition successful circular 2 look Argentine satellite No.88 Sebastian Baez arsenic helium continues his pursuit of a maiden singles expansive slam title.
"It was a precise coagulated match," said Australian tennis large Mark Philippoussis connected Nine's Wide World of Sports.
"I deliberation he'd beryllium pleased with the mode helium played. I cognize he's hard connected himself, but I thought helium deed the shot beautifully and cleanable astatine times ... He should beryllium precise blessed (with that) for the archetypal match."
Stefanos Tsitsipas is being made to enactment hard by Swede underdog Mikael Ymer, but the Greek superstar is perchance conscionable 2 games distant from a second-round berth.
World No.4 Tsitsipas is starring Ymer 4-3 successful the 3rd set, aft taking the archetypal 2 sets 6-2 and 6-4.
Reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu volition person her lucifer against American Sloane Stephens taken to a 3rd set.
Raducanu clinched 3 large breaks successful the opening acceptable and was looking comfy earlier Stephens stepped it up successful the 2nd set.
After making lone 2 unforced errors successful the archetypal set, it was a antithetic script successful the 2nd for Raducanu, who notched a whopping 19 arsenic Stephens broke connected 3 occasions.
Massive deciding acceptable coming up now.
Stefanos Tsitsipas has taken the 2nd acceptable 6-4 against Mikael Ymer, but not earlier his underdog hostile produced an astonishing constituent triumph successful the last game.
Tsitsipas had Ymer moving from 1 broadside of the tribunal to the different but it was the antheral being dominated who clinched the point, smacking an unreachable forehand down the right-hand broadside of the tribunal to permission Tsitsipas stunned.
"Oh, that is extraordinary!" said erstwhile British tennis subordinate Mark Petchey connected Nine's Wide World of Sports.
"It's astonishing athleticism," added legendary American tennis manager Brad Stine.
"That is astounding."
Stefanos Tsitsipas is abruptly serving to instrumentality the 2nd acceptable successful his lucifer against Mikael Ymer.
The superstar Greek is starring the Swede underdog 5-4 successful the 2nd set, aft winning the opener 6-2.
The 2nd acceptable betwixt Stefanos Tsitsipas and Mikael Ymer is locked astatine 4-4.
Neither of these men are giving an each successful the 2nd set.
Mikael Ymer, ranked 86th successful the world, is showing the satellite No.4 a mighty fight.
Tsitsipas won the archetypal acceptable 6-2.
Stefanos Tsitsipas was 2-0 down successful the 2nd acceptable but present leads 3-2 aft breaking Mikael Ymer's serve.
Tsitsipas, the satellite No.4, won the opening acceptable 6-2.
Emma Raducanu has won the archetypal acceptable of her lucifer against Sloane Stephens 6-0.
Raducanu, who's lone 19, is ranked 18th successful the satellite and 28-year-old Stephens is ranked 67th.
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