Highlights: Australian Open day three
Reuters
Published Feb 09, 2021 07:31PM ET
Updated Feb 09, 2021 09:06PM ET
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Highlights of day three of the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park on Wednesday. All matches are second round. Times local (GMT +11):
1240 SABALENKA ADVANCES WITH WIN OVER KASATKINA
Seventh seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus ground down classy Russian Daria Kasatkina 7-6(5) 6-3 in the early match at Margaret Court Arena.
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1240 ANDREESCU'S COMEBACK CUT SHORT BY HSIEH
Bianca Andreescu's comeback after a 15-month absence from tennis ended abruptly in the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday with the Canadian eighth seed crumbling to a 6-3 6-2 defeat to Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei in the opening match at Rod Laver Arena.
1108 PLAY GETS UNDERWAY
Play began on a warm, sunny morning at Melbourne Park with the temperature hovering around 24 degrees Celsius.
Authorities reported two new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the state of Victoria late on Tuesday.
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