Murray has gone ahead to praise his opponent as one of the best young players in the world, and Murray believes the young star will be around for a very long time. alex fought hard and made it ver competitive.
the German is ranked 83rd in the world was the winner of ATP Star of tomorrow award last year. the German suffered a nose bleed, and it took lees than 10 minutes to stem the flow. he fired two double faults, and Andy Murray appreciated this and enjoyed a early break.
the win took just two hours and seven minutes for Andy Murray. Andy Murray joins the list of big names that have made it to the next round like roger Federer and Novak djokovic.
In the women's singles tournament, number two seed, Halep Simona has been knocked out of the Australian open by qualifier Zhang Shuai from china, 6-4 6-3. this is the first win in 15 grand slam attempts for the Chinese.
the Chinese is ranked 133 in the world has come out to say it was the most memorable moment of her tennis life.
Halep led the second set 3-1, but the Chinese Zhang was in no mood to drop a set as she rallied back to win the set 6-3, what a comeback.
Zhang had earlier raced to a 4-0 lead in the first set and went on to win 6-4.
It is a big set back for Halep after having a great 2015, enjoying her highest ever ranking of 2nd in the world.
Halep said after the match:
"i have to look forward and to stay motivated. you know, everyone can lose, everyone can win. I know that I just have to take it like it is and look ahead"
other high profile tennis players to have gone out of the Australian open 2016 are RAFAEL NADAL, CAROLINE WOZNIACKI &VENUS WILLIAMS,
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