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No.12 seed Casper Ruud has won straight sets beating Spain’s Juame Munar 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 on MCA this evening.
Ruud was very consistent across the three sets and will happily progress as he’s been caught up in some long matches in past Australian Opens.
It’s a nice win from the Norwegian but we will see if he has the ability to go deep into this tournament. He usually battles to go beyond the fourth round.
Jason Kubler and Marc Polmans were just too consistent in the tie-breaker and sprinted out to a 6-3 lead before finishing the job with some excellent shots at the net.
The Special Ks provided plenty of entertainment, but they just fell short.
Kubler and Polmans won 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (10-4).
Kyrgios appeared to be verbally sparring with someone, possibly a crowd member, in the final points of the match.
The Specials Ks didn’t earn a match point in that last game as Marc Polmans served he and Jason Kubler to the 10-point super tie-break to decide the match.
Who knows who wins from here.
“You’re built for this Nick,” one fan yelled out before Kyrigos served.
He sure is. After a nail-biting game, the Special Ks are up 6-5 in the third set.
Chair umpire Marijana Veljovic has once again reminded the crowd to be quiet. I doubt they’ll listen.
Meanwhile, Kyrgios was overheard on the microphone during the break complaining about not wanting to use a bottle from the water sponsor as “they don’t pay me”, or words to that effect.
Now this is interesting.
The Special Ks have lost their advantage and now both doubles teams sit equal on four games in this third set. Kokkinakis is still struggling with his serve and is noticeably grimacing.
The crowd are on the edge of their seats and rise to their feet again when Jason Kubler hits the net.
The Special Ks are struggling but are still in this.
They lead 5-4 in the third set with Kubler and Marc Polmans to serve next.
For three years, Maddison Inglis couldn’t get into the main draw of a grand slam.
She was unable to crack into the top 100, wasn’t receiving wildcards and was stuck battling her way through qualifying, where she would often fall at the final hurdle.
But now, Inglis is Australia’s last hope in the women’s singles, after she booked herself a spot in the third round with a gutsy win against German world No.48 Laura Siegemund.
Siegemund managed to save two of four match points in a tense deciding set tie-break on Thursday, before an overhead, cross-court backhand winner from Inglis secured victory.
The 28-year-old, who battled for three hours and 20 minutes, collapsed on court and broke down in tears as the crowd erupted inside ANZ Arena.
Nick Kyrigos and Thanasi Kokkinakis have got to be feeling a tad nervous now.
The duo had a two-game lead, but have been broken.
Kokkinakis, who called for a medical timeout earlier, appears to be struggling with his shoulder.
It’s 4-3 in the third set with Marc Polmans serving.
The Special Ks needed to use a medical time out for Thanasi Kokkinakis to get some treatment on his problematic shoulder.
He’s back on court now, Nick Kyrgios encouraged him to do everything he could to get the win tonight since they are so close to victory.
As fun as this pair is, they will find it tough to get through a full tournament after their recent injury issues.
The Special Ks lead 4-1 in the third set.
Yet again, the Australian Open has set a new record for crowd numbers with a total of 103,956 fans attending today’s day and night sessions.
That number breaks the record set yesterday of 103,720.
Overall, the AO is up to 508,430 fans in the main draw days so far.