Muchova is a lot, lot better than the 19th-best player in the world. Next for her, it’s Magda Linette; if she wins that, it’s Hailey Baptiste or Coco Gauff next or, in other words, things are getting real.
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As in round one, Norrie gave a chance to a tenacious opponent he didn’t really believe could beat him, upping it when he needed to and coming back really well after the break to close out the match. Next for him: Zverev or Muller.
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Two serious opponents, two wins. Andreeva has been far from perfect, and on this form she doesn’t look ready to contest the final stages, but she’s into round three where she’ll meet Elena-Gabriela Ruse.
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Not that long ago, Bublik was down a break in set three but, as we keep saying, it’s taken a while but he’s a serious pro now. Next for him comes Etcheverry.
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G’day and welcome to the Australian Open 2026 – day four!
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There’s an absolutely indecent quantity of glorious tennis ready to enrich our working day. The pick of the night matches on our show courts features Maria Sakkari against Mirra Andreeva, a second tough assignment for the most precocious tenniser in the world, but don’t be surprised if the wily Hamed Medjedvoci gives Alex de Minaur more trouble than seems likely.
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Otherwise, Cameron Norrie leads Emilio Nava, Francis Tiafoe meets Francisco Comesana and Iva Jovic meets Priscilla Hon while, on the outside courts, we’ve plenty to keep ourselves compelled, including Alexander Bublik v Marton Fucsovics and Alexander Zverev v Alexandre Muller – the latter was superb in round one, beating Alexei Popyrin in five – along with a tricky one for Jasmine Paolini, who faces Magdalena Frech, while Karolina Muchova, a longtime favourite of this blog – and with good reason – takes on Adele Parks.
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In the words of the worst chant and exhortation in sport, let’s go!
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On Court, meantime, Tiafoe clinches the second set against Comesaña to lead 6-4 6-3.
We’re close to the end on Laver, De Minaur breaking Medjedovic at the first time of asking and endorsing. He leads 6-7 6-2 6-2 3-0, and will be better for a workout that’s not become too tiring.
Paolini loses her serve but then breaks Frech to seal a 6-2 set while Zverev, up 2-1 3-2 with a break, calls out the doctor for medication. It was at this tournament last year he became fully acquainted with his grand slam problem, the ease with which Sinner dismissed him crushing his spirit. He does still have the ability to win a major, but he needs to find a way of attacking – he was far too tentative in the match, effectively waiting to be beaten.
Karolína Muchová (19) beats Alycia Parks 4-6 6-4 6-4
Muchova is a lot, lot better than the 19th-best player in the world. Next for her, it’s Magda Linette; if she wins that, it’s Hailey Baptiste or Coco Gauff next or, in other words, things are getting real.
…who i’ve just realised I earlier called Adele, not Alycia.
Back with Muchova, she has her fourth match point against Parks…
What on earth must that be like, watching a mate compete at this level? Anyone who knows, feel free to email in.
In the club in Ibiza, I got chatting to a lad who’s best mates with Fabian Schär, the Newcastle defender, and he’d been at Wembley for the League Cup final in which they beat Liverpool. He said that at the whistle, he totally lost his mind and was crying his eyes out, which makes perfect sense.
Norrie is delighted. He says the atmosphere was unreal, thanking the crowd for sticking with it despite the rain delay, so they respond by singing for him; “Everyone’s had a few drinks, so fun,” he surmises.
He just wanted to enjoy the match, so hasn’t looked ahead, but the support really helped him and he credits Nava for playing and serving well with the crowd against him. After the rain, he was a bit tight on the groundstrokes when he came back, but it was a great feeling to get over the line with a couple of mates in the crowd.
Talking of whom, Zverev has the trainer out, looking at his left ankle. He leads 2-1 2-1, with a break, so ought really to get off court in the next 20 minutes.
Cameron Norrie (26) beats Emilio Nava 6-1 (3)6-7 6-4 7-6(5)
As in round one, Norrie gave a chance to a tenacious opponent he didn’t really believe could beat him, upping it when he needed to and coming back really well after the break to close out the match. Next for him: Zverev or Muller.
Nava saves the first two on serve, but Norrie has another go on his own delivery…
And a double, the second of the game, hands over the set. De Minaur leads Medjedovic 2-1 while, on 7, Norrie nails two big serves to lead Nava 6-3 in their fourth-set breaker, meaning he holds three match points.
Paolini breaks Frech for a 5-1 first-set lead; at 5-2 15-40, De Minaur has two set points for a 2-1 lead against Medjedovic.
Meantime, Zverev breaks Muller at the start of set four and a hold apiece on Laver means Medjedovic must now serve to stay in set three down 2-5. On Court 7, Nava and Norrie are knocking up.
Our players are back on the outside courts, not yet ready to resume, but not far off.
Ha! Lol @ me! After losing eight games in a row, Medjedovic wallops a forehand winner down the line to break De Minaur and, though the set might be gone, he’ll feel like he’s back in the match. No tanking here!
Not, though, hard enough. A netted forehand means Zverev holds, securing a 6-3 third set and a2-1 lead.
On Court, Tiiafoe has taken the first set off Comesana, 6-4, while on Cain, Zverev is serving for 2-1 at 5-3; Muller, though, is fighting hard.
Medjedovic actually had break point at 2-2 in the second, couldn’t convert and hasn’t won a game since. But just as a hold looks likely, De Mianur forces a way to deuce and breaks him again, ridiculous retrieval eventually forcing the error. He leads 4-0 in the second and my best guess is we a see a tank now in the hope of a fourth-set rebound.
Zverev rattles through a hold for 1-1 5-2 and De Minaur for 1-1 3-0, class taking over in both cases. Obviously the best players have higher top levels than most, but the difference here is the ability to sustain a good level through a long match – De Minaur isn’t playing loads better than he was at the start, Medjedovic is just playing worse.
We’re back under way on all our roofed courts, with the rest not too far behind.
Yeah, I fear Medjedovic is gone. From 15-40, he makes deuce, but goes for too much on second serve thereafter then, during an incredible break point, he somehow blocks back an overhead, oly to net a lazy backhand slice. Demon leads 1-1 2-0.
Off we go on Laver, De Minaur serving in the first game of set three, and he quickly records a love hold. Medjedovic might’ve benefitted from the break because the match, though level, was getting away from him, but having now lost five games on the trot, he badly needs to serve out this next one.
On Laver, our players are back out and warming up, roof deployed. That’s not the case elsewhere, but it won’t be long.
My aged C crashes – there’s one for the Great Expectations firm – but we’re back now and not too far away from a resumption.
The clean-up operation is under way, which tells us the rain has stopped. I guess we’ll be under way again in around 15 minutes, confirmation to come when I get it.
Zverev has broken Muller in set three to lead 1-1 4-2; Paolini leads Frech 4-1; Tiafoe and Comesana are level at 2-2; and Muchova leads Parks 4-2 in the third.
They don’t think it’ll be a long delay, but it is coming down heavily for the now, so let’s go around the courts.
Back with Norrie, he and Nava are palying a fourth-set tiebreak, during which I fully expect him to dial in again. He secures a mini-break for 4-3, but no sooner has he punched the air, three points from victory, then the rain starts hammering down.
I wonder how Demon’s feeling in himself. His interview after losing to Musetti at the ATP finals was hard to watch, and a perfect encapsulation of the agony of being brilliant but not brilliant enough.
But then he beat Taylor Fritz, granting himself perspective.
Only to lose to Sinner, as he always does. I remember Andy Murray saying that after losing the 2012 Wimbledon final to Roger Federer, he had to process the prospect of never winning a major, not easily done. In the event, he then won Olympic gold and the US Open, but that route doesn’t look open for De Minaur, who doesn’t have the weapons to beat the more powerful men on the biggest stages.
De Minaur endorses his break then races to 0-40 and three set points, caressing a glorious return down the line from way outside the tramlines. Again, though, Medjedovic’s serve gets him out of some trouble, but at 30-40, he hooks a forehand wide and we’re level at a set apiece.
Moving around the courts, Zverev has just broken Muller to lead 1-1 3-1; Paolini leads Frech 2-1 on serve; Norrie leads Nava 6-1 7-6 4-6 5-4, on serve; Muchova leads Parks 3-1 in the third; and Comesana has won the first game against Tiafoe.
De Minaur raises a further break point, but Medjedovic’s forehand is a shot, and he unleashes it to restore deuce … only to net one when next down advantage. The crowd goes wild and he leads 7-6 2-4, but is this the beginning of the end?
De Minaur hasn’t had much in the way of opportunity so far, but Medjedovic gets involved in aggro with his box notching breaking opportunity of his own, serving in the next game, a double takes him down 0-40. So he responds with a second-serve ace, then a second-serve service-winner, then a huge serve and clean-up volley. That’s outstanding behaviour, but Demon restores deuce in what might be a pivotal game: if Medjedovic sees it out, he’s here for the long haul, but if he doesn’t, it might be a turning point.
Terrific hitting from Muller, serving at 3-6 5-4, saves break-back point, and from there he closes out the set! That’s six games out of seven, and the no 3 seed is in a match.
Muchova has got herself going, coming back from behind to force a decider against Parks, and she leads 2-0 in the third, while Norrie has just spurned a breaking opportunity – and he’s had a few this set – up 2-1 3-3 against Nava,
Next on Laver: Francis Tiafoe (29) v Francisco Comesana. I’m not, though, going to watch that one; I’m moving Medjedovic 7-6 1-2 De Minaur to my main screen, taking Zverev back from phone to laptop, replacing it with Frech v Paolini.
i said earlier that Zverev had taken over against Muller, up a set and a break. Well, Muller now leads 5-3 i the second, the match done changed.
Andreeva is happy. When she saw the draw, she though “Wow!”, two really good and aggressive players, but it helps that she didn’t have time to ease into the tournament and had to be focused from the start.
She likes the pressure of having won Adelaide and though conditions are windier in Melbourne, she’s in match rhythm, which is good.
Her relationship with Conchita Martinez, her coach, is so much fun – Martinez knows she’s got a gem, and seems to be doing a really good job of balancing elite-sport seriousness with teenage frivolity.
Mirra Andreeva (8) beats Maria Sakkari 6-0 6-4
Two serious opponents, two wins. Andreeva has been far from perfect, and on this form she doesn’t look ready to contest the final stages, but she’s into round three where she’ll meet Elena-Gabriela Ruse.
Andreeva makes it to 40-30, and here comes match point…
