Tennis Australian Open Camila Giorgi third round. I found out on the 5th with Wawrinka. he Marche dominates the Russian Kuznetsova and for the third time in her career she will try to conquer the round of 16 in Melbourne. The South Tyrolean struggles but goes out with the Swiss, Nadal wins

Wind, sand and then rain have delayed the program of the fourth day of the Australian Open, the first slam of the season underway on the Melbourne concrete. The good news for Italy comes from Camila Giorgi who for the second consecutive time and third in her career qualified in the third round of the Australian major. The 28 year old from the Marches, who after seven years came out of the top 100 (today she is 102 in the world) beat the Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, number 53 Wta 6-3, 6-1, in just over an hour of play. Camila on Saturday - who was eliminated in the third round by Venus Williams in 2015 and surrendered to Karolina Pliskova last year - will have to deal with German Angelique Kerber, number 18 in the world. The precedents are not encouraging: the 32-year-old Bremen left-handed has won all four previous matches with the blue, the last three played right on the Australian concrete: Brisbane 2016 (first round), Sydney 2018 (semifinal) and 2019 (second round ).

Tennis Australian Open Camila Giorgi third round

I learned out on the 5th set with Wawrinka

In the men's table, the only Italian still in the running is Fabio Fognini, who will face Argentina's Guido Pella tomorrow for a place in the round of 16. He said goodbye to Melbourne, not without regrets, Andreas Seppi. The South Tyrolean, number 85 in the world, surrendered in five sets to the Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, seeded number 5: 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in 3 hours and 41 minutes of play the score in favor of Wawrinka, with Seppi who in the fifth set was 4-3 ahead and had the ball to go up 5-3. In the third round, the Swiss will face the American John Isner, number 19 on the scoreboard, who beat the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo 6-4, 6-3, 6-3.

Nadal, Thiem, Zverev and Medvedev advance

While struggling a bit too much in the second set, Rafa Nadal pulled the pass for the third round. The Spaniard, world number one, beat Argentinian Federico Delbonis 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-1 in two and a half hours of play. On his way now his compatriot Pablo Carreno. Dominic Thiem needs the fifth set to enter the third round. The Austrian, seeded number 5, beat 6-2, 5-7, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-2 the Australian Alex Bolt. "The fans were all for him, but that's normal," said Thiem. "In any case, it is always better to play in a full stadium than in an empty one." With the 56th game winner, Thiem heads into the third round against Taylor Fritz or Kevin Anderson. The winner will then meet in the round of 16 Gael Monfils or Ernests Gulbis. The French beat 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4, 7-5 forty-year-old Ivo Karlovic, who was aiming to become the oldest to spend two rounds in Melbourne after 44-year-old Ken Rosewall in 1968. The Latvian defeated Aljaz Bedene 7-5, 6-3, 6-2: he became the first player out of the top 250 in the third round in the first Slam of the year since 2005, expert Luca Brancher pointed out on Twitter.

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The rain slows down the program of the fourth day but does not stop Daniil Medvedev. World number 4 advances for the second time in the second round. The Russian defeated Spanish qualifier Pedro Martinez 7-5, 6-1, 6-3. Alexander Zverev, never past the round of 16 in Melbourne, seems to have regained efficiency at the service. The German, seeded number 7, who has not yet lost a set, after Marco Cecchinato has passed the Belarusian Egor Gerasimov 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, 7-5, and will now challenge Nikoloz Basilashvili or Fernando Verdasco.

Ok Pliskova and Bencic

Former world number 1 Karolina Pliskova tops 6-3, 6-3 former German top 30, now world number 72, Laura Siegemund on the Margaret Court Arena, covered with a rain roof and flies in the third round. For the first time in eight appearances, the seeded number 19 Donna Vekic also goes to the third round. The No. 20 in the world beats the French Alizé Cornet 6-4, 6-2. Belinda Bencic, sixth seeded, approaches the possibility of equaling her best result at the Australian Open, the eighth final of 2016 when she became the first Swiss to go so far in Melbourne in nine years. Bencic defeated Jelena Ostapenko, with a double 7-5.
Instead, the tournament of Ajla Tomljanovic ends, Matteo Berrettini's girlfriend. The Australian goes out with Garbine Muguruza, who for the first time since Roland Garros 2014 is not seeded in a Slam, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. The Spaniard is now waiting for seeded number 5 Elina Svitolina or Lauren Davis.