Australian Open 2022: Yuki Bhambri loses in qualifiers, no Indian make it to singles main draw
January 13, 2022 13:50 ISTThe 29-year-old Indian went down in straight sets to Czech Republic's World No. 130 Tomas Machac 1-6, 3-6.
The 29-year-old Indian went down in straight sets to Czech Republic's World No. 130 Tomas Machac 1-6, 3-6.
In a statement posted to his social media accounts, the tennis star also blamed 'human error' by his support team for failing to declare that he had travelled in the two-week period before entering Australia.
Germany's World No. 228 Maximilian Marterer defeated World No. 221 Prajnesh 6-2, 7-6(8) in the second round of the Australian Open qualifiers.
A statement was posted on Djokovic’s social media accounts Wednesday while the men’s tennis No. 1 was in Rod Laver Arena holding a practice session against Tristan Schoolkate, a 20-year-old Australian.
"The whole situation regarding Novak Djokovic is closed by the verdict of the Australian court," Srdjan Djokovic told Bosnian Serb TV station RTRS.
The 34-year-old British star defeated Norway's World No. 345 Viktor Durasovic 6-3, 6-1 in the opening round.
Sania and Ukrainian Nadiia Kichenok, the second seeds, lost the opening round of the WTA 250 event 3-6, 3-6 to Czech pair of Tereza Martincova and Marketa Vondrousova in 61 minutes.
Medvedev is seeded second, followed by Alexander Zverev at No. 3, Stefanos Tsitsipas at No. 4 and Andrey Rublev at No. 5 in men's singles draw.
ATP No. 182 Ramanathan, who is yet to make it to a Grand Slam main draw, lost in straight sets to World No. 197 Gian Marco Moroni 3-6, 5-7. WTA No. 104 Ankita Raina, on the other hand, suffered a pale 1-6, 0-6 defeat to World No. 120 Lesia Tsurenko.
Bhambri, who returned to the Grand Slam stage after 2018 US Open due to knee injury, beat his 248th ranked Portuguese rival 6-4 6-2 in just 68 minutes.
After a confusing day-long hearing involving dense legal arguments, Djokovic was ordered to be released from immigration detention on procedural grounds.
The drama, however, might not be finished, with the Australian government threatening to cancel his visa a second time.
The 26-year-old Australian took to social media to confirm the development and has subsequently decided to pull out of the Sydney Tennis Classic, a warm-up event to the Grand Slam.
The tennis star won his legal appeal on procedural grounds, quashing the border officer's initial decision to cancel his visa.
India's World No 221 defeated the 119th ranked Colombian 6-4, 6-4 in one hour and 13 minutes; will face Germany's World No 228 Maximilian Marterer next.
Circuit Court Judge Anthony Kelly ordered the Australian Government on Monday to release Djokovic from Melbourne hotel quarantine within 30 minutes of his decision.
The 34-year-old is fighting deportation and the cancellation of his visa in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.
Judge Anthony Kelly rejected, in an order published on Sunday, the submission by home affairs minister Karen Andrews on Saturday to push Monday's hearing to Wednesday.
The Spaniard was playing for the first time since August this week after a foot injury curtailed his 2021 season. However, the world number six showed little sign of rustiness in Melbourne, not dropping a set at the ATP 250 event to earn his 89th tour-level crown.
The focus will be on Bhambri, who lost invaluable three years due to a troubling knee but in a few tournaments that he has played going into the fresh season, the talented Delhi player seems ready for the grind yet again.
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