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The Latest: Defending champ Kenin pulls out 1st-round win

12:45 p.m.
Sofia Kenin’s Australian Open title defense got off to a bit of a rocky start before she righted herself and pulled out a two-set win.
The 22-year-old American trailed by an early break and took about 45 minutes to actually wrest some semblance of control before eventually beating 133rd-ranked Australian wild-card entry Maddison Inglis 7-5, 6-4.
Inglis never has won a tour-level match, falling to 0-6.
But she did not make things easy on Kenin, who nevertheless managed to avoid becoming the first woman since Jennifer Capriati in 2003 to lose in the first round at the Australian Open a year after winning the championship.

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The Latest: Defending champ Kenin pulls out 1st-round win

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Latest from the Australian Open (all times local):10:25 p.m.Fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas capped the Day 2 program on Rod Laver Arena by routing French veteran Gilles Simon 6-1, 6-2, 6-1.Tsitsipas has a lot of support within Melbourne's large Greek community and felt at home in an extended on-court interview.Tsitsipas says “I honestly wasn’t expecting it to come so easily. It was a great match from my side,”There will be fans with divided loyalties in his next match against Australian wild-card entry Thanasi Kokkinakis in the second round.Kokkinakis has Greek heritage and also has a big following despite his ranking dropping to 267 following struggles wit

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A win is a win: '20 Australian champ Kenin gets by in 2 sets

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Facing a break point late in the third set, Rafael Nadal sprinted to his left and hit a running forehand winner from way out wide. A slow-motion fist pump was a...

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Australian Open: Hotel quarantine a non-factor says Sam Groth

Sam Groth. (Getty)
"So, all the little things you lose. You can do as much as you want in your room, but you can't replicate being on a tennis court – that muscle memory you get from hitting balls. The tendons, the joints – how all that feels.
"In terms of quarantine, everyone had to do it, it's a level playing field. Maybe the Aussies have a slight advantage – they didn't have to go into hotel quarantine, most of them."
Groth also declared that since every player took to the court during the Melbourne Summer series prior to the Australian Open, the "opportunity to play" and warm-up was ultimately undertaken by each competitor.

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The Latest: No holding back, Nadal advances in 3 sets

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The Latest: No holding back, Nadal advances in 3 sets
5:30 p.m.
If Rafael Nadal has bad back, he didn’t show any signs of it in his 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 win over Laslo Djere in the first round at the Australian Open.
The No. 2-ranked Nadal is aiming to go one better than Roger Federer and win a men’s-record 21st men’s Grand Slam singles title.
He didn’t play for Spain at the ATP Cup last week and has been troubled by stiffness in his lower back.
“Well, it’s been a tough 15 days for me. I had some issues with the back,” Nadal said in his post-match interview. “I needed to survive today. That’s what I did.

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Distressed Azarenka knocked out in Australian Open

Distressed Azarenka knocked out in Australian Open

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Australian Open: Distressed Azarenka refuses to talk about ailment after shock exit

Australian Open: Distressed Azarenka refuses to talk about ailment after shock exit
A distressed 12th seed needed two medical timeouts in the second set before losing 7-5, 6-4, but said players should not have to speak about health issues.
February 9, 2021 07:05 GMT
Former world number one Victoria Azarenka snapped back at questions over her health after she suffered breathing difficulties in a shock straight-sets first round exit at the Australian Open.
A distressed 12th seed needed two medical timeouts in the second set before losing 7-5, 6-4, but said players should not have to speak about health issues.
Azarenka, who endured a hard hotel quarantine on arrival in Melbourne, used an inhaler but gamely fought on before succumbing 7-5, 6-4 in one hour and 39 minutes.

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Tennis: Rafael Nadal through in straight sets at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Facing a break point late in the third set, Rafael Nadal sprinted to his left and hit a running, around-the-post forehand

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Kontaveit through to Australian Open round two

Anett Kontaveit is through to the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne after defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Belarus) in straight sets, 7:5, 6:2.

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Barty back with a tournament win; Russia win ATP Cup - Newspaper

Australia's Ash Barty, left, is congratulated by Spain's Garbine Muguruza after winning the final of the Yarra River Classic in Melbourne on Feb 7. — AP
MELBOURNE: Ash Barty didn’t play competitive tennis in almost a year. It seems like she didn’t miss a beat.
Top-ranked Barty cashed in on her first championship point against Garbine Muguruza in the Yarra Valley Classic and Daniil Medvedev clinched the ATP Cup title for Russia within seconds of each other Sunday as the tune-up tournaments for the Australian Open were culminating the eve of the years first major.
After a hectic preparation, which included 14-day quarantines under strict Covid-19 pandemic regulations for the 1,200 or so players, coaches and staff who flew in for the Australian Open, the warmup week of tournaments was being capped with five finals and two semi-finals.

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