Australian Open - Halep's struggling success, Thiem gave up

The Romanian player, who returned after this year's back injury, who won last year's final in Melbourne, was forced to set three sets against the 37th American Kenyan Ken Kenin. The 27-year-old Halep on the 32-th Grand Slam Winner, Venus Williams.

Dominic Thiem, ranked seventh in men, placed his third set against Alexei Popyrin, a free-card player in the home, who was 149th in the ATP ranking. Last year's Roland Garroson finalist Austrian night ended at 2 pm, during the meeting on Thursday he asked for nursing, and in his frustration he broke his bat.

The 29th Gilles Simon, France's top four, won four match balls at the 155th Australian Alex Bolt in 4 hours and 7 minutes.

Results:

Round 2 (for 32):

men:

Popyrin (Australian) -Thiem (Austrian, 7.) 7: 5, 6: 4, 2: 0 Thiem gave up

Medvedev (Russian, 15) - Harrison (American) 6: 3, 6: 3, 6: 3

Goffin (Belgian, 21) - Copil (Romanian) 5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 2, 6: 4

Shapovalov (Canadian, 25) - Daniel (Japanese) 6: 3, 7: 6 (7-2), 6: 3

Pouille (French, 28) - Marterer (German) 7: 6 (10-8), 7: 6 (10-8), 5: 7, 6: 4

Bolt (Australian) -Simon (French, 29) 2: 6, 6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 6 (10-8), 6: 4

Sousa (Portuguese) -Kohlschreiber (German, 32.) 7: 5, 4: 6, 7: 6 (7-4), 5: 7, 6: 4

Krajinovic (Serbian) -Donkoy (Russian) 6: 4, 7: 6 (10-8), 7: 6 (7-2)

previously:

Nisikori (Japanese, 8th) - Karlovic (Croatian) 6: 3, 7: 6 (8-6), 5: 7, 5: 7, 7: 6 (10-7) - decisive acronym

Fognini (Italian, 12) - Mayer (argentine) 7: 6 (7: 3), 6: 3, 7: 6 (7-5)

Raonic (Canadian, 16) - Wawrinka (Switzerland) 6: 7 (4-7), 7: 6 (8-6), 7: 6 (13-11), 7: 6 (7-5)

Carreno (Spanish, 23) - Ivaska (Belarusian) 6: 2, 6: 3, 7: 6 (9-7)

Herbert (French) -Csung (South Korean, 24.) 6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4

Coric (Croatian, 11) - Fucsovics 6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 4

women:

Halep (Romanian, 1.) - Kenin (American) 6: 3, 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 4

V. Williams (American) -Cornet (French) 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 0

previously:

Osaka (Japanese, 4) - Zidans (Slovenian) 6: 2, 6: 4

Sri Lanka (Ukrainian, 6th) - Kuzmova (Slovak) 6: 4, 6: 1

K. Pliskova (Czech, 7.) - Brengle (American) 4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 0

Mertens (Belgian, 12) - Gasparjan (Russian) 6: 1, 7: 5

Sevastova (lett, 13) - Andreescu (Canadian) 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2

Keys (American, 17) - Potapova (Russian) 6: 3, 6: 4

Vang (Chinese, 21) - Krunic (Serbian) 6: 2, 6: 3

Giorgi (Italian, 27.) - Swiatek (Polish) 6: 2, 6: 0

Xiwei (Taiwan, 28) - Siegemund (German) 6: 3, 6: 4

Bacsinszky (Swiss) -Vihljanceva (Russian) 6: 2, 7: 5

Chang (Chinese) -Kr. Pliskova (Czech) 6: 3, 7: 5

(Source: sportrajongo.hu, m4sport, mti / Photo: pixabay)