Tallon Griekspoor will make its Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open on Tuesday. The Dutchman will compete in the first round against the American Taylor Fritz. Follow the match in our live blog.
Good morning and welcome to the live blog on NU.nl. My name is Patrick Moeke and I will keep you informed about the developments at the Kiki Bertens and Tallon Griespoor competitions at the Australian Open.
- Australian Open
- Bertens beats Begu (6-1 and 6-4)
- 10.15 am:
- T. Griekspoor-Fritz
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Kiki Bertens starts the Australian Open with a convincing win over Irina Begu. The number ten in the world is too strong for the Romanian in two sets: 6-1 and 6-4.
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Begu must win the game to stay in the competition and it does. Bertens can now serve to reach the second round of the Australian Open.
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Bertens also makes no mistake on her own service and is only two games away from the second round at the Australian Open: 4-2.
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Begu retains its service and takes another game back. Bertens still leads and still has a break lead: 3-2.
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Break Begu! 3-1
Begu does not give up yet. The Romanian breaks Bertens and makes it 3-1. It is only the second time in this competition that Begu wins a game.
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Break Bertens! 3-0
And there is already the 3-0 for Kiki Bertens! She makes four points in a row and also wins the third game in the second set.
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Begu fails to redeem a breakpoint, after which Bertens puts things back in order. The Dutch is leading a 2-0 lead.
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Break Bertens! 1-0
In the second set, Bertens happily continues with what she was doing in the first set. The number ten in the world cashes in on the first breakpoint and gets the lead in the second set.
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Bertens set! 1-0 (6-1)
Kiki Bertens needs less than half an hour to conquer the first set. De Wateringse donates only one game: 6-1.
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No problem in the air for Bertens, who breaks Begu again and can serve for set profit.
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Bertens retains its service without any problems. The Dutch makes few mistakes and seems to be on their way to set profit: 4-1.
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After three lost games, Begu conquers her first game. Bertens can serve with a 3-1 lead.
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The third game of this competition is also a prey for Bertens. The number ten in the world has little to fear from Begu, who is almost a hundred places lower than Bertens in the world ranking: 3-0.
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Break Bertens! 2-0
With a double error, Begu made sure Bertens took a 2-0 lead. A solid start by the Dutch, who is winning the game thanks to a nice drop shot.
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It is not yet easy, but Bertens does win the opening game. De Wateringse survives a breakpoint and takes a 1-0 lead.
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Maria Sharapova fails to reach the second round in Melbourne. The Russian must acknowledge her superior in her opening game in the Croatian Donna Vekic, nineteenth: 3-6 and 4-6. 32-year-old Sharapova, who won the Australian Open in 2008, has been plagued by injuries for some time. The current number 145 of the world won a WTA tournament (Tianjin) for the last time in 2017, partly because she was suspended for 15 months for the use of the prohibited substance meldonium.
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Rafael Nadal reaches the second round of the Australian Open without much effort. The number one in the world deals with Hugo Dellien. Nadal needs a little more than two hours to beat Dellien: 6-2, 6-3 and 6-0. Although the Spaniard loses his service game three times in the game, he breaks his Bolivian opponent no less than eight times and is therefore not in trouble.
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Arantxa Rus reaches the second round of the Australian Open for the first time since 2011. The Dutch is surprisingly too strong for the Polish Magda Linette. The 29-year-old Russian seems to be playing a hopeless match in Melbourne based on the first set. The number 93 in the world, however, bounces back pretty well and, after two hours and fifteen minutes, is at the longest end: 1-6, 6-3 and 6-4.
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