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Andy Murray tries to backmost up his first-round triumph implicit Matteo Berrettini by winning again and earning a travel to the 3rd circular of the Australian Open for the archetypal clip since 2017.

The 35-year-old Murray is simply a three-time Grand Slam champion and a five-time runner-up astatine Melbourne Park. He present faces Thanasi Kokkinakis aft playing Berrettini for much than 4 1/2 hours successful the archetypal round.

Kokkinakis didn't implicit his first-round lucifer until Wednesday, due to the fact that it was halted by rainfall erstwhile Kokkinakis was 5 points from triumph connected Tuesday.

Novak Djokovic is besides successful enactment successful the 2nd circular arsenic helium continues his quest for a record-extending 10th Australian Open rubric and 22nd Grand Slam trophy overall.

That would necktie the men's grounds presently held by Rafael Nadal, who mislaid successful the 2nd circular Wednesday aft hurting his hip.

The astir intriguing women's lucifer connected Thursday's docket pits WTA Finals champion and No. 4 effect Caroline Garcia against 2021 U.S. Open finalist Leylah Fernandez.

WEDNESDAY'S KEY RESULTS

Women's First Round: Varvara Gracheva bushed No. 8 Daria Kasatkina 6-1, 6-1.

Women's Second Round: No. 1 Iga Swiatek bushed Camila Osorio 6-2, 6-3; No. 3 Jessica Pegula bushed Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2, 7-6 (5); No. 6 Maria Sakkari bushed Diana Shnaider 3-6, 7-5, 6-3; No. 7 Coco Gauff bushed Emma Raducanu 6-3, 7-6 (4); No. 10 Madison Keys bushed Wang Xinyu 6-3, 6-2; No. 13 Danielle Collins bushed Karolina Muchova 6-7 (1), 6-2, 7-6 (6); Anhelina Kalinina bushed No. 15 Petra Kvitova 7-5, 6-4; No. 24 Victoria Azarenka bushed Nadia Podoroska 6-1, 6-0.

Men's Second Round: Mackenzie McDonald bushed No. 1 Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-4, 7-5; No. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas bushed Rinky Hijikata 6-3, 6-0, 6-2; No. 6 Felix Auger-Aliassime bushed Alex Molcan 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2; No. 7 Daniil Medvedev bushed John Millman 7-5, 6-2, 6-2; No. 10 Hubert Hurkacz bushed Lorenzo Sonego 3-6, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; No. 15 Jannik Sinner bushed Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3, 6-2, 6-2; No. 16 Frances Tiafoe bushed Shang Juncheng 6-4, 6-4, 6-1; No. 29 Sebastian Korda bushed Yosuke Watanuki 6-2, 7-5, 6-4.

STAT OF THE DAY

70 — Number of shots successful a constituent won by Jason Kubler during his 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 nonaccomplishment to No. 18 Karen Khachanov. The constituent lasted astir 1 1/2 minutes and ended erstwhile Kubler deed a backhand that clipped the nett portion and landed connected Khachanov's broadside of the court. It allowed Kubler to interruption Khachanov and marque it 5-all successful the 2nd set.

QUOTES OF THE DAY

"Before, I wasn't truly up to beating a feline similar that oregon adjacent believing I could. Today I believed it much and showed that. I was connected a ngo much than connected a vacation." — Mackenzie McDonald, aft beating Rafael Nadal successful the 2nd round. The different clip they played, astatine the 2020 French Open, Nadal won 6-1, 6-0, 6-3.