2018 Australian Open, Melbourne - WTA GRAND SLAM

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Great match from Angie. Maria talks a good talk about adding dimensions to her game - stepping in more, mixing it up at the net, but invariabley only pays lips service to it and reverts to type.
 

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Great match from Angie. Maria talks a good talk about adding dimensions to her game - stepping in more, mixing it up at the net, but invariabley only pays lips service to it and reverts to type.
I give her credit for trying to add some variety to her game, but it's hard to execute those unfamiliar shots when your movement and patterns are exposed.
 

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Dog fight for Simona Halep... 15/13 in the final set.

Masha v Angie at 6pm here... Could be interesting....
Saw only the 3rd set. Simona shoots herself in the foot. She fooled around w/ this girl today and basically played a 4th set going to 15-13 in the decider. She will be wiped out for her next match. :facepalm:
 

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Nice and funny interview with Naomi Osaka after her win over Barty - you also see a glimpse of Bajin
 

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Kerbie is the last slam champ standing after Osta and Maria were dismissed yesterday
 

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Mark Nixon‏ @markalannixon

The Wozniacki team won't need to complain about the umpire in the Bertens match. It's being taken up by the umpiring committee. Unlikely she'll get Lichtenstein again (Danish)

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Carla Suarez Navarro scores the upset over Kontaviet. Good on the veteran!
 
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CSN pulls off another stunner down under. She plays some of her best ball down here ousting other top players in previous years. Konta2 will have nightmares about that 4-1 lead in the 2nd set.
 
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If you think it was an easy game against Rybarikova - well watch for yourself:

Her FH is a weapon now and other players have not realized it yet. Her netplay is good as you can see and ofcourse her defense is on top as always. She never let Rybarikova find her gameplay apart from the first three games.
 
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Battle for #1 sunday
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Play starts at 11am AEST

Rod Laver Arena
Madison KEYS (USA) [17] v Caroline GARCIA (FRA) [8]
HSIEH Su-Wei (TPE) v Angelique KERBER (GER) [21]

Night session
After 1 ATP match
Barbora STRYCOVA (CZE) [20] v Karolina PLISKOVA (CZE) [6]

Margaret Court Arena
Latisha CHAN (TPE) / Andrea SESTINI HLAVACKOVA (CZE) [1] v Katarina SREBOTNIK (SLO) / CHAN Hao-Ching (TPE) [14]
After 1 ATP match
Nina STOJANOVIC (SRB) / Viktorija GOLUBIC (SUI) v Kristina MLADENOVIC (FRA) / Timea BABOS (HUN) [5]
Simona HALEP (ROU) [1] v Naomi OSAKA (JPN)
 
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