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Heather Watson knocked out in straight sets by Tamara Zidansek; Dan Evans through after opponent withdraws

Heather Watson has been knocked out of the Australian Open in the second round after losing to Tamara Zidansek 7-6(4) 6-4 on Melbourne Park. The world No 94 was looking to progress to the third time since 2013 and overcame Egypt's Mayer Sherif in the first round, but she could not find a way past the No 29 seed who progresses after one hour and 48 minutes . Ad/> Momentum swung both ways in the first set as both players broke each other's serve.

Grace Harris chosen as replacement for Beth Mooney ahead of women's Ashes T20 opener

Grace Harris will replace injured batter Beth Mooney, having been called into Australia's Ashes squad just hours out from the series opener in Adelaide.

World number 175 Chris O'Connell scores incredible Australian Open upset with victory over 13th seed Diego Schwartzman

Local wildcard Chris O'Connell has sent 13th seed Diego Schwartzman crashing out of the Australian Open to advance to the third round at a grand slam for the first time.

Muguruza blames COVID outbreak following Cornet defeat

MELBOURNE : Suffering a second round exit from the Australian Open on Thursday, world number three Garbine Muguruza blamed a COVID-19 outbreak within her support team for disrupting her preparations for the first Grand Slam of the season.

"Todo el equipo cogió la COVID antes de venir a Australia"

reveló en la rueda de prensa posterior a su en la segunda ronda del Open de Australia, el motivo por el que no pudo preparar como tenía previsto la gira oceánica. «Todo mi equipo cogió la COVID, excepto yo, antes de viajar, entonces fue un poco difícil mantener los entrenamientos y la preparación para competir en Sídney e intentar coger carrerilla». Por eso la española, según pudo saber AS, no compitió en Adelaida, ya que necesitaba descartar que ella se hubiera contagiado, y después se desplazó a Sídney sola para aclimatarse, mientras su entrenadora, Conchita Martínez, la fisio, Adriana Forti, y el preparador, Santiago de Martino, se recuperaban antes de poder incorporarse a la expedición.

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Heather Watson knocked out in straight sets by Tamara Zidansek; Dan Evans through after opponent withdraws

Grace Harris chosen as replacement for Beth Mooney ahead of women's Ashes T20 opener

World number 175 Chris O'Connell scores incredible Australian Open upset with victory over 13th seed Diego Schwartzman

Muguruza blames COVID outbreak following Cornet defeat

"Todo el equipo cogió la COVID antes de venir a Australia"

Sam Stosur makes emotional singles farewell at Australian Open after loss to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Seeds Garbiñe Muguruza, Anett Kontaveit depart Australian Open in second round

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