Australian Open 2022 day four: Andy Murray v Taro Daniel, Kyrgios and Raducanu on court later – live! | Sport

First set: *Murray 3-3 Daniel (*denotes subsequent server) Murray has an opportunity to interrupt again however he squanders it with a weak volley with an open court at his mercy. Daniel will get there and saves the break – Murray ought to have completed that off, no query. He will get one other probability quickly sufficient although, and this time he takes it, a beautiful sliced backhand setting it up. We’re again on serve within the first!

First set: Murray 2-3 Daniel* (*denotes subsequent server) In fact Murray was concerned in an epic opener on Tuesday – 5 units of excessive drama towards Nikoloz Basilashvili. How a lot will that encounter impression him at the moment? We’ll discover out quickly sufficient, however for now he holds, to like, with out expending an excessive amount of vitality.

First set: *Murray 1-3 Daniel (*denotes subsequent server) Murray’s off with just a few of groundstrokes right here as Daniel consolidates his break and opens up a two-game lead early on on this first set.

First set: Murray 1-2 Daniel* (*denotes subsequent server) An epic recreation that lasts practically 14 minutes! Murray will get funky on the outset with a drop shot – Daniel reaches it, however his ball in out on the baseline, earlier than the Japanese pulls out a sensational backhand to drive deuce. A few of his shotmaking thus far has been very spectacular. Murray then faces break level however saves it with an unreturnable serve earlier than the Scot reveals he’s able to making some good photographs too, with a few forehand winners together with one down the road on the fourth deuce of the sport. The sport continues to swing again and forth, Murray is pressured to avoid wasting a second break level, Daniel by accident smashes the ball into the umpire in her chair, we go to extra deuces and when a 3rd break probability comes alongside, Daniel pounces!

First set: *Murray 1-1 Daniel (*denotes subsequent server) And a cushty begin for Daniel on his serve. He holds to like.

First set: Murray 1-0 Daniel* (*denotes subsequent server) Off we go then, with the solar squeezed out past the tramlines at the moment of day on Rod Laver. Murray holds his first service recreation, though Daniel offers a sign of what’s he’s able to at 0-40 down with a ferocious forehand winner. No dramas for Murray although.

Oh pricey, the primary “siuuus” heard, and we haven’t even began but.

In-form twelfth seed Elena Rybakina was pressured to retire from her match towards China’s Zhang Shuai as a result of harm. The Kazakh participant was trailing 6-4, 1-0 when she needed to throw within the towel, and that early end is why we’re about to welcome Murray and Daniel onto John Cain Enviornment on time. That match about to begin shortly, with the gamers simply being launched onto court (Murray will get an enormous cheers from what appears to be like like an honest crowd – fairly close to to the 50% capability by my reckoning).

And whereas we’re on the topic of native hopes, Alex De Minaur is safely into the third spherical, posting a cushty 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win over Kamil Majchrzak on Rod Laver Enviornment. De Minaur subsequent performs Pablo Andújar.

“I do know Pablo very effectively,” De Minaur stated. “I’ve hit loads with him. You understand, he’s a terrific competitor. He’s had some superb wins. So, it’s an awesome place for me to be in. Look, I’m simply having fun with it each second of it. Retaining the optimistic vibes going and hopefully…”

De Minaur stated his plans for this night contain Nick Kyrgios.

“In fact I’m tuning in! I’m fairly positive all of Australia is tuning in! It will be a hell of a match. Count on, you already know, showtime from Nick. Count on one of the strong guys on tour with Daniil. It will likely be a popcorn match. I’m positively not going to overlook it.”

Additionally earlier at the moment, native favorite Sam Stosur’s singles profession lastly got here to an finish with defeat to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The previous US Open champion misplaced 6-2, 6-2 however was showered with tributes after the match.

She bows out as a real nice of Australian tennis, writes my colleague Emma Kemp:

Briefly, the story of the tape thus far on day 4 of the 2022 Australian Open (courtesy of Reuters):

• Third seed Garbine Muguruza, a runner-up at Melbourne Park two years in the past, suffered a shock 6-3, 6-3 defeat by the hands of French veteran Alize Cornet.
  “As we speak, I stepped on the court pondering I’d have enjoyable. That’s one of the best ways I play. There was a scarcity of enjoyable typically in my 16-year profession. However proper now I wish to get pleasure from it,” Cornet stated.
  “I don’t know what number of years I’ve left. As we speak was an ideal reward.”
  Becoming a member of Muguruza in making an early exit was sixth seed Anett Kontaveit, who misplaced 6-2 6-4 to 19-year-old Clara Tauson – the women’ singles champion at Melbourne Park in 2019.
• Former French Open champion Iga Swiatek booked her place within the third spherical, the seventh seed advancing with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson.
• Britain’s Dan Evans, the quantity 24 seed, moved by way of to the subsequent spherical after his opponent, Arthur Rinderknech, pulled out with a wrist harm.
• Final yr’s quarter-finalist Andrey Rublev made quick work of Ricardas Berankis with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 win over the unseeded Lithuanian to succeed in the third spherical for the fourth time. The Russian fifth seed subsequent meets Marin Cilic who beat Norbert Gombos 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(6).
• Diego Schwartzman, seeded thirteenth, fell to a 7-6(6) 6-4 6-4 defeat towards world quantity 175 Christopher O’Connell, whereas Maxime Cressy outclassed Tomas Machac 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(5) to succeed in the third spherical of a significant for the primary time.
• Second see Aryna Sabalenka surrendered the opening set, like she did in her opener, earlier than outclassing China’s Wang Xinyu 1-6 6-4 6-2 on Rod Laver Enviornment to succeed in the third spherical.
• Native wildcard Maddison Inglis adopted up her victory over US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez with a 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-2 win over American qualifier Hailey Baptiste.
• Daria Kasatkina eased previous Magda Linette 6-2 6-3 to arrange a third-round conflict with seventh seed Iga Swiatek. Kasatkina has crushed the previous French Open champion in three units once they confronted off for the primary time in Eastbourne final yr.