she lost her serve six times before digging deep to beat russian seed ekaterina alexandrova, 7—6, 7—6d player in amanda anisimova.

she lost her serve six times before digging deep to beat russian seed ekaterina alexandrova, 7—6, 7—6d her reward a match against another higher—ranked player in amanda anisimova. yeah, i'm very pleased to have come through that match. it was difficult, it was quite hot out there, getting quite sunny and obviously playing against a really experienced, seeded opponent who is playing great tennis, and i think i'm very proud of how i fought and overcame certain situations in that match. jasmine paolini and elena rybakina wasted little time in racing through to the second round of the australian open. it was an extremely encouraging start for the italian fourth seed, paolini, beating 21 year—old wei sijia, 6—0, 6—4. former finalist rybakina was ruthless against 16—year—old australian wild card emersonjones, wrapping up a 6—1, 6—1 victory injust 53 minutes. daniil medvedev is also through avoiding a monumental upset but that didnt stop him from getting extremely frustrated in the process. medvedev used his racquet to smash a net camera during his first round match with 418th—ranked kasidit

raducanu says her serve �*had a mind of its own�* after a scrappy straight sets win over russia's ekaterina alexandrovast her serve six times. she faces amanda anisimova of the us next. i'm very pleased to have come through that match. it was difficult, it was quite hot out there, um, getting quite sunny, and obviously playing against a really experienced and seeded opponent, who is playing great tennis. and i think, yeah, i'm very proud of how i fought and how i overcame certain situations in that match. katie boulter is the highest british seed in the women's draw. she too had a tough opening match but dug deep to beat canada's rebecca marino in three sets. she's up against russian veronika kudermetova next — boulter had a point to prove afer failing to make it past the second round of any of the grand slams last year. new england rugby union captain maro itoje says he's ready to give his all to serve the team and the fans. the saracens forward replaces his club team mate jamie george to lead england at the six nations. george and bristol prop ellis genge will serve as vice—captains in steve borthwic

raducanu says her serve �*had a mind of its own�* after a scrappy straight sets win over russia's ekaterina alexandrova hit 15 double faults and lost her serve six times. she faces amanda anisimova of thre us next. of the us next. i'm very pleased to have come through that match. it was difficult, it was quite hot out there, getting quite sunny, and obviously playing against a really experienced and seeded opponent, who is playing great tennis. and i think, yeah, i'm very proud of how i fought and how i overcame certain situations in that match. katie boulter is the highest british seed in the women's draw. she too had a tough opening match but dug deep to beat canada's rebecca marino in three sets. she's up against russian veronika kudrmetova next who has a point to prove aferfailing to make it past the second round of any of the grand slams last year. it wasn't all good news for the british players though. cameron norrie is out after losing in four sets to italy's matteo berrenttini. the british number two says he could "barely practise" before his opening match because of sickness. can nottinghm for

raducanu says her serve �*had a mind of its own' after a scrappy straight sets win over russia's ekaterina alexandrova. cameron norrie is out after losing in four sets to italy's matteo berrenttini. the british number two says he could "barely practise" before his opening match because of sickness. new england rugby union captain maro itoje says he's ready to give his all to serve the team and the fans. the saracens forward replaces his club team mate jamie george to lead england at the six nations. george and bristol prop ellis genge will serve as vice—captains in steve borthwick�*s 36—strong squad. you need in any really good team i have been involved in, you have a number of excellent leaders, and i think we are really developing that within the squad, and maro is a guy i think everyone can see he is a world—class player, an incredible professional who they have immense respect for, and ifeel they are really developing a good depth of leadership in the squad. the full—time whistle has gone at the city ground, and the final premier league game of the evening, it is finished afternoon first 1—1 liver