Monday, January 13, 2014

Australian Open: no starting gun for Djokovic, Serena without ... - The World

Under the eyes of the former German champion Boris Becker, who joined the team as coentraîneur, the Serb has not less preserved his unbeaten record, which lasts since its defeat in the final of the U.S. Open, facing Rafael Nadal in September. “It was my first official for five or six weeks game, I was a little rusty. I struggled to find the right positioning on the court, especially forehand “, said Djokovic, who will face Argentine Leonardo Mayer, 98 th World, the next round .

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other seeds have been no concern, like the Spaniard David Ferrer (No. 3), easy winner, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, the Colombian Alejandro Gonzalez, or Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, described after the abandonment, 6-4, 4-1, Andrey Golubev of Kazakh.

SERENA WILLIAMS CAREFREE

American Serena Williams, world number one and China’s Li Na, seeded four, started the right end of the tournament, unlike the Czech Petra Kvitova (No. 6) and Italian Sara Errani (No. 7), disposed of entry.

Serena Williams, who ended the first day in Melbourne, did not in lace (6-2, 6-1) against local and Ashleigh Barty invited. Her sister Venus can not be said for his return to competition. Winning seven Grand Slam tournaments in his career and was a finalist in Melbourne in 2003, the elder Williams has given the length, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, Ekaterina Makarova face. The Russian, seeded number twenty-two is used to torment the American sisters. There are two years old, she had caused a huge surprise in Melbourne, eliminating Serena in the fourth round.

Li Na, who had also reached the final in Melbourne in 2011, swept, 6-2, 6-0, Croatian Ana Konjuh, winning the Australian Open juniors last year and youngest player committed at age 16, after leaving qualifications. First Chinese to win a Grand Slam title in 2011 at Roland Garros, Li confirmed that she was in great shape, she had imposed last weekend in his first tournament of the year in Shenzhen .

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