Australian Open, Melbourne, WTA GRAND SLAM

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9-Johanna Konta (Britain) beat Naomi Osaka (Japan) 6-4 6-2

 

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5-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) beat Anna Blinkova (Russia) 6-0 6-2

 

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6-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) beat Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan) 6-4 7-6(8)

 

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Order of Play - Friday

 

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I'm looking forward to the match between a couple of non-seeds today - Genie v Coco.

Angie takes on Pliskova Lite.

Jankovic / Kuz is another I'll keep an eye on... although I think Jelena's run ends here.

I'm hoping no hiccups for Garbine today... would like to see her challenging in the second week.

 

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Coco takes the first set against Genie

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Just got home and watching Coco v Genie now in the 2nd set Coco down 1-4

 

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One set apiece.

 

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Coco d Eugenie 64 36 75....Coco was down a break in the 3rd set,broke and then showed tough stuff to hold her serve,well deserve tough win.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

A.Pavlyuchenkova (Pavs) who has to be one of the strongest hitter's of the ball on the WTA tour,sad she goes for too much and makes some weird shot selections,she is Russian defeated E.Svitolina no 11th seed 75 46 63.

 

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Watching JJ and Sveta 1 set apiece I am a great fan of both these ladies,both playing at a high level.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Has to be the match of the tournament so far and the longest match of the tournament so far...3hrs 36min
This match had everything many twists and turns,some of JJ's bhands were just JJ 2008.Sveta served for the match 5-4 in the 2nd set and was broken,JJ took the 2nd set 75,Sveta served 5-4 in the 3rd set,JJ broke,went to 6 games all,then Sveta got the break and won the match 64 57 97....Well done to both ladies a really enjoyable match!

 

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Missed it... aarrhgh! Had to do some work and missed the 3rd set of Genie/Coco and the JJ/Sveta match.

 

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Angie's through. Said the other day she had to step things up (after two nervy matches) and she did just that

 

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Results from the Australian Open Women's Singles Round 3 matches on Friday

7-Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat 32-Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) 6-4 6-2
Mona Barthel (Germany) beat Ashleigh Barty (Australia) 6-4 3-6 6-3
Sorana Cirstea (Romania) beat Alison Riske (U.S.) 6-2 7-6(2)
13-Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Duan Yingying (China) 6-1 6-0
8-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 6-4 5-7 9-7
1-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Republic) 6-0 6-4
24-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) beat 11-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 7-5 4-6 6-3
CoCo Vandeweghe (U.S.) beat Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) 6-4 3-6 7-5

 

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7-Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat 32-Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) 6-4 6-2

 

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13-Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Duan Yingying (China) 6-1 6-0

 

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8-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 6-4 5-7 9-7

 

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CoCo Vandeweghe (U.S.) beat Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) 6-4 3-6 7-5

 

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Angie's through. Said the other day she had to step things up (after two nervy matches) and she did just that

Yep, Angie ramping it up.