Highlights: Australian Open day three
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[February 10, 2021]
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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Nadal back in form at Australian Open
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Badosa crashes out of Australian Open after COVID-19 ordeal
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Russia's ATP Cup heroes ease into second round
Sherif blazes a trail for Egypt with first-round win
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Switzerland's Stan
Wawrinka reacts during his second round match against Hungary's
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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.
(Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Michael Perry / Richard Pullin)
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