Australian Open day 2 recap: Serena roars, Federer must talk with ..
Second day at the Australian Open 2019. The sun of Melbourne has warmed the hearts of the crowd, especially after the imperious victory of Serena Williams, who gained the second round after a 6-0 6-2 win against Tatiana Maria. The first small step towards the long-dreamed record. Novak Djokovic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (who will face the Serb in a challenging second round), Stan Wawrinka, Alexander Zverev, Simona Halep and Naomi Osaka reached the second round.
Roger Federer talked about the controversial statements of Rafael Nadal, who accused the Tour in general of not having informed him of the possible exit of Chris Kermode from the ATP presidency: "I was aware of the matter about Kermode. To be in contact with everyone is hard, especially in the off-season. It's a delicate issue but someone has to go to Rafa. That's why we have the players representatives. I talked to Novak about the situation and I want to do the same with Rafa now he's back to play. I have been in the council and I get along with both Rafa and Novak, I want to understand how we can make the sport go in the right direction, it is important that I, Rafa and Novak, meet each other."
Grigor Dimitrov gave some more information about the collaboration with Andre Agassi, Djokovic's former coach: "I've known Andre since I was 14 and I spent time with him in the past. We just wanted to add a person who did what I want to do. a person I can trust in an unconditional way, and this is him. Dani and I have asked for help and little by little a collaboration has been created with him".
There is a lot of talk about Andy Murray. The Scot, at the last match of his career at the Australian Open, lost against Roberto Bautista, often proved to be a very emotional person, despite what few still say of him being a cold person. Sloane Stephens gave her opinion: "Murray is one of the nicest guys on the Tour. Everyone says it's cold and not fun, and he's probably the funniest person in the Tour. They do not give him enough credit. Now he has retired, everyone says that he was a great person, but nobody was paying attention to him before. Judy raised a beautiful son, and seeing him crying made me cry too. "
Tomorrow Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova will return on the court for the third day of the Australian Open 2019.
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2FuID7U
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