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After 47 minutes, Angelique Kerber yelps “Come on!” as she clenches her fist and walks back to her chair with the first set in the bag. The second seed took it 6-2, which makes it look easy, though she has been inconvenienced here and there by Beatriz Haddad Maia, the Brazilian qualifier. Maia’s determined not to roll over.
Alex de Minaur, who could play Rafael Nadal in the third round, is a set up against Henri Laaksonen. The young Australian took it 6-4.
Written by Jacob Steinberg
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/jan/16/rafael-nadal-angelique-kerber-maria-sharapova-australian-open-live under the title “Kerber, Kvitova, Dimitrov, Nadal and Sharapova: Australian Open – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
