Follow Mail Sport’s live blog for the latest results and game-by-game updates as Daniil Medvedev, Elena Rybakina, Cameron Norrie, Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter headline day three of the Australian Open from Melbourne.
Medvedev collapse!
Raducanu achieves victory, despite service problems
Show time!
Norrie: “I barely practiced”
I haven’t been able to prepare as well as I could. I was quite sick in Auckland and then I came here. Barely practiced.
Honestly, I felt the ball very well. The preseason was excellent. It was a little unfortunate with the timing. I definitely gave myself the best chance. I hit the wall after an hour and a bit. I couldn’t stay alert on the court.
It’s disappointing. Yes, it is what it is. The most important thing is to get my health back to 100 percent and get some rest. It’s hard to sustain that today.
What do professional tennis players eat before a match?
It is a very early wake-up call. I think it’s hard for me to eat when I open my eyes first thing in the morning.
In fact, I was pretty light this morning. I just had some berries and a coffee before practicing. After practice, I only ate toast, like plain toast with honey and banana. Pure carbohydrate loading.
I couldn’t stomach some rice and salmon. After this I’ll be sure to get my salmon and enjoy it during the day!
Raducanu: ‘My service had a mind of its own!’
Yeah, I’m honestly not sure what I changed in my service today. I think it had a mind of its own…
I’ll be sure to reflect, look at that, and get back to you.
I think in the first set I made a lot of good first serves. I got some aces. At the same time he committed (many) double faults.
I think as the balls got heavier it was a lot harder. As I think more kept coming, it wasn’t easy to refocus, but I knew that even if I was down, I would reap big benefits. It was good to be able to rely on other parts of my game today that I know are pretty strong.
I’m very proud that I didn’t let that affect me too much and let the game get away from me.
It’s a hot day here at Melbourne Park!