This Struff lad playing surprisingly well.
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Fed 2 sets up. Not playing particularly well but moving freely when needed. Clearly conserving his energy in this humidity.
Federer's not near his best, bu he's generally serving and moving really well. Much better performance than against Rubin in last year's 2nd round so far.
lots of works needed on his groundstrokes. Been losing them all evening. Granted, Struff is actually very good at them but he's not top tier.
54 seconds. 
Gift and re-gift, silly errors by both
Petkovic winning the first and then getting double bagelled isn’t a great look.
This crowd on Rod Laver right now is among the most dead I've ever seen
39C Australian sun.
The heat is insane and playing a huge part. Feel for the players, even top athletes like these will struggle to player for hours in these conditions
Those who play the day session today caught the short end of the stick. Weather change forecasted in a few hours. Next few days will be cool and breezy.
Dimitrov already down a break to Rublev.
The Russian kid seems to be his cyanide.
The Russian kid seems to be his cyanide.
Mueller with a double fault and forehand error to give away the set. PCB leads 2-1.
Dimitrov through 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-4.
Exhausting match to watch.
Exhausting match to watch.
Scoreline suggests another comfortable win for Nadal. Schwartmann in R4 next, so don't anticipate any problems there.
QF will be either PCB or, Cilic or Harrison (Cilic 1-0 up). You'd fancy him up against any of them, but if it's either PCB or Harrison, he'll be very happy)
QF will be either PCB or, Cilic or Harrison (Cilic 1-0 up). You'd fancy him up against any of them, but if it's either PCB or Harrison, he'll be very happy)
Kyrgios through.
Tsonga must be gutted, Played an excellent match, 5-2 up in 4th set tie break only to get leg problem, then got hit in the knee cap by a passing shot, lost 5 points in a row and the match.
Nick looks good though. Nadal should be quite wary about him.
Tsonga must be gutted, Played an excellent match, 5-2 up in 4th set tie break only to get leg problem, then got hit in the knee cap by a passing shot, lost 5 points in a row and the match.
Nick looks good though. Nadal should be quite wary about him.
Poor Schwartzman. Nadal will eat the little guy alive.
The last set of this Halep-Davis match has been epic. Some scintillating tennis from both players.
Over now, Halep wins 15-13.
Over now, Halep wins 15-13.
I like this Chung kid.. won't win but he's a talent. Technically solid and soft hands.
He'd be winning this match right now if he serves better. First serve regularly under 120 mph.
Zverev should stop these drop shots and net approach play. He is not good at it. Has missed crucial points this set because of it.
Zverev maybe going out here.
0-3 down and breaking racquet, not looking good.
Bad streak at Slams continues.
Bad streak at Slams continues.
Bagelled out of the tournament.
Complete and utter capitulation from Zverev. Chung's mentality is awesome though, reminiscent of Nadal's.
Complete and utter capitulation from Zverev. Chung's mentality is awesome though, reminiscent of Nadal's.
I really like Chung. Didn't think he'd beat Zverev, but fair play.
Delpo also two sets down to Berdych.
Delpo also two sets down to Berdych.
Djokovic looking pretty ominous tbh. Hopefully Berdych can take out Delpo so Fed's route getting a bit easier before meeting him.
So many good matches going on it's hard to keep up. Kerber, Djokovic and Berdych all looking very good from what I've seen, Djokovic's limp between points is a bit of a worry though.
Berdych almost bagelled DelPo to end the match. Serving for match now.
Happy Kerber made it through!
DelPo pulled one back to make it 2-5. Comeback is on?
Well done, Berdych!
That was a lame way to go out. DF on match point.
Berdych was pretty unplayable tonight. Doubt anyone has flattened Delpo like this since last year.
Berdych was pretty unplayable tonight. Doubt anyone has flattened Delpo like this since last year.
Oh shit.. thought Chung was going to go out. Glad He's gone through.. one of the new gen who I actually enjoyed watching play. Has something about him.
Despite him winning the NextGen tournament, seems to have gone fairly under the radar. I think Novak will beat him, but it should be a good match.
His mentality. Cool as a cucumber under pressure and rarely makes any mistakes.
He reminds me of Nadal the most out of all the current top players. Just relentless workrate that wears oppo down.
Federer Gasquet match, one handed backhand rally 
Finish him Fed, biathlon is about to start!
Fed looks a bit stiff on his return motion.
Huge slice of luck to finish the match but no complaint.
Beautiful tennis played tonight.
Beautiful tennis played tonight.
I was going to put a bet on Chung but forgot ffs as I knew Zverev would have his usual GS meltdown.
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