It was more or less smooth sailing for the top seeded men on Day 3 of the 2018 Australian Open, with the exception of Grigor Dimitrov, who survived a scare against unseeded American Mackenzie McDonald. Dimitrov eventually won in the final set and will move onto Round 3, like all of the other seeded men who played today.
Relief for Grigor Dimitrov! The World No. 3 edges Mackenzie McDonald 8-6 in a fifth set at #AusOpen. What a match! ?
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In the women’s tournament, however, four seeded players had to head back home today with Daria Gavrilova, Julia Goerges, Daria Kasatkina and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova all getting knocked out. I was also personally very happy to see Ivo Karlovic go through to the 3rd Round, winning his game 12-10 in the final set!
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Important results from Day 3:
- K. Sinaikova 6-4, 2-6, 1-6 E. Svitolina
- J. Fett 6-3, 2-6, 5-7 C. Wozniacki
- R. Nadal 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 L. Mayer
- G. Dimitrov 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 0-6, 8-6 M. McDonald
- D. Shapovalov 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7, 5-7 J. Tsonga
- J. Ostapenko 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Y. Duan
- A. Cornet 6-4, 6-3 J. Goerges
- J. Sousa 1-6, 5-7, 2-6 M. Cilic
- N. Kyrgios 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 V. Troicki
- M. Jaziri 5-7, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3, 2-6 G. Muller
Come back tomorrow as ladies top players Maria Sharapova and Garbine Muguruza will be in action tomorrow, in their respective 2nd Round games. Men’s top players like Federer and Djokovic will also be seen in action, hoping to cruise through once again!
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We’ve brought to you the results of all the big games of Day 3 and will be doing a small roundup like this daily. We will also be covering individual big games towards the latter parts of the tournament. Keep following our Tennis Scoops section for full updates on the 2018 Australian Open.
