Australian Open January 16th-30th

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Nadal beat Lopez 6-4 6-2 6-2.

Berdych beat Almagro 4-6 7-6(7-5) 7-6(7-3) 7-6(7-2). He refused to shake hands with Almagro after he had earlier sent a shot straight at him. The Aussie crowd booed him during his interview.

Wozniacki, Azarenka and Radwanska with easy wins.
Clijsters came back from an ankle injury and being four match points down to win 4-6 7-6(8-6) 6-4. Li Na . She broke down in her press conference.


Murray plays Kukushkin second on Rod Laver, following the Kvitova v Ivanovic match. Djokovic v Hewitt play last during the night session.

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Kvitova beat Ivanovic 6-2 7-6(7-2).

Murray was 6-1 6-1 1-0 up when Kukushkin retired. It lasted 49 minutes.

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Serena was beaten 6-2 6-3 by Makarova.

Serena .


Nishikori shocked Tsonga 2-6 6-2 6-1 3-6 6-3.

Nishikori .

JSAO .

He'll play Murray next.

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Serena.

Lisicki vs Sharapova looks as though it is heading to a third set.

Ferrer beat Gasquet 6-4 6-4 6-1.

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Ferrer looked very good.

But you can never be sure if an opponent is playing well or if Gasquet just can't be that bothered.

Lisicki collapsing in the second set.

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One set all in the Sharapova v Lisicki match now. 3-6 6-2.

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Lisicki is serving to stay in the match at 5-2 down.

[Syn]

Murray was 6-1 6-1 1-0 up when Kukushkin retired. It lasted 49 minutes.

He's going all the way.

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Adv. Sharapova.

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Deuce.