Australian Open 2026: De Minaur, Zverev, Tiafoe and Andreeva win, Raducanu out – as it happened
Emma Raducanu is out but US prodigy Iva Jovic will face Paolini in the third round, with Zverev and De Minaur also through
Raducanu out but head held high'
Norrie is doing his thing again, upping it when he needs to for another mini-break and 6-2. I wonder if it's a cognitive thing, because it's not like he wasn't trying his best when struggling earlier in the set, so it's not an effort thing, but I guess focusing for hours at a time is hard if not impossible and there's a kind of locked-in version that intensifies as the match does ... and, as I type, he serves out to lead Nava 6-1 7-6(3) having saved two set points not that long ago.
Obviously Zverev finds an ace to restore deuce - he may be resigned to his fate of never winning a slam, but his serve remains one of the best shots in the game, and from there, he ends a long hold. And back with the breaker, Norrie has a mini-break and a 3-2 lead.
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