Australian Open Day 3

Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) [4] bt Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) 6-3 6-3

Aga continued her perfect record in Round 2 with a straight forward 6-3 6-3 victory over Begu, the only time Begu really had a chance to put any pressure on Aga was when she broke early on in the first set to make it 2-0 but Aga composed herself and broke back and then took the first set with little trouble, the second set was again routine for Aga as she defended well and broke Begu easily to take the second set, she did more then enough to win today and apart from the slow start it was a usual day at the office and now Aga now goes to 11-0 for the season and is still yet to drop a set.

Radwanska - "I'm definitely happy I can play my best tennis at the beginning of the year, which is always tough after a few weeks just practising," she said.

"I didn't really expect that I could win this many matches in a year. Hopefully I can keep it going."

Zheng Jie (Chn) beat Sam Stosur (Aus) [9] 6-4 1-6 7-5

Not even Sam Stosur could have imagined her Australian Open Campaign end the way it did this year, the first set went with Serve until the 7th game when Zheng got the break and the first time the Alarm bells started to ring for Stosur, Stosur did well to break back straight away but couldn't hold as Zheng broke for the second time in the set, with Zheng serving to take the first set it was Stosur who was battling hard to stay in it with her home fans behind her she saved 7 set points but after just under an hour she succumbed after hitting a straight forward overhead volley long to gift Zheng the first set, In the set second Stosur made headway early on as she broke to make it 3-1 and then won the next 3 games to take the second set 6-1 and looking like she had a new sense of confidence to go on and take the match, in the third set got an early break again and it was looking like Zheng was about to exit the Competition when Stosur raced into a 5-2 lead and serving for the match she couldn't hold and Zheng came back at her with a good service game and then a hold and another break to level things up at 5-5, Zheng held her nerve well to go 6-5 up and make Stosur serve to stay alive in the match but she withered quickly and ended a terrible campaign with a nightmare double fault on match point to send Zheng through, after being 5-2 up in the third and looking in a certain position to make the next round it makes you wonder where did it all go wrong? Zheng fought hard though and in the end deserved her victory, she didn't let the Stosur shots take full effect and went forward into them at every chance she got and returned well all game, for Stosur it was just another sorry exit to add to her list. 

"Whatever word you want to put on it," the 28-year-old Queenslander said when asked straight up if she choked.

"At 5-2 up in the third, double break probably is a bit of a choke."

"You make an error and you tighten up a little bit, but you try and reset and refocus before that next point," Stosur said. "Unfortunately it just kept happening point after point after point. You know, then crazy things start popping into your head, and before you know it, you're back on even terms, and then your lead is gone."

Maria Sharapova (Rus) [2] beat Misaki Doi (Jap) 6-0 6-0

Just like in Round 1 Maria once again double bageled her opponent and is yet to drop a game in 2 matches in a very impressive performance, Doi has a break point in the first game but that's about as good as it got for her as Sharapova broke easily on every service game and destroyed her opponent all around the court with her power, she couldn't have ever imagined starting her Australian Open Campaign this well but maybe the lack of a challenge in the 2 matches she has played won't set her up well for the tough and physical matches later on in the Competition however this achievement was the first time in 28 years since Wendy Turnball that a player won 2 perfect score back to back matches.

“It's not really the statistic I want to be known for,” she said. “I want to be known for winning Grand Slam titles, not that I won two matches 6-0, 6-0.”

Heather Watson (GB) beat Ksenia Pervak (Kaz) 4-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-2

In the last round Watson battled back from a set down against Alexandra Cadantu and she was at it again at a much larger scale in the 3rd round against Pervak, Pervak started brightly in the first set and Watson couldn't settle into her game at all and was indecisive with her shot making for the large majority of the first set, from the start Watson looked shakey on her service game as Pervak broke to love and was coming out on top in most of the rallies throughout the set and really making Watson work around the court to return anything, Watson couldn't find her baseline range at all and to many errors and bad stroke play saw Pervak take the first set, Pervak moved 2-0 clear in the second set and looked confident where as Watson looked like she had ran out of ideas already but the noisy British crowd who had been backing her from the start still believed they could get her back into the game and it seemed to work as Watson began to hit more Winners and she soon leveled things up to take the second set to a tie break, Watson started the tie break well going into a 2-1 lead before the Errors starting coming into her game again and before you know it Pervak was 6-3 up with 3 match points, but her usual battling fight came on show in the tie break and she closed out long nervous  defensive rallies with Pervak to save 3 match points and then soon after she got a set point of her and Pervak went wide to complete a miraculous come back for Watson and level things up at 1-1, Watson had a new sense of believe in the third set and came out like a different player with Pervak still probably thinking about her missed chances in the tie break it was Watson who raced into a 4-0 lead and then 4-0 became 5-2 and she finished of the match with a love service game to end a nervous but enjoyable battling performance from the Brit, after the match she raced over to her loyal British support to hug them and sign Autographs  

Heather Watson - "It was a very tough one today. I wasn't sure whether I was going to get through it but I did, I kept fighting, the crowd was amazing and kept pushing me on from start to finish, and I've put myself in a position to play another match here.

"You've just got to keep fighting and fighting, because it's never over until that last point's done.

"She's a tough opponent, she makes every single ball. I didn't win a point until the eight or ninth point of the match. She wasn't going to give me anything, but you've just got to fight through and find a way."

Ana Ivanovic (Ser) [13] beat Yung-Jan Chan (Tai) 7-5 1-6 6-4

Ana found it hard going against Chan in a nervous 2nd round match for her, she won the first set 7-5 even when her serve was giving her some trouble, in the second set Chan took advantage of Ivanovic's serve problems as she continuously broke her and took the 2nd set 6-1 in the 3rd set Ana dug in well despite the many errors she made and fist pumping at every chance she got as prove that she was really in the middle of a fight against Chan, Chan was matching Ivanovic on the court making her work hard and pulling her around, Chan mounted a bit of a come back when Ivanovic was 4-1 up but Ivanovic managed to see out the set and win a nervous match

Venus Williams (USA) [25] beat Alize Cornet (Fra) 6-3 6-3

Venus didn't make the best of starts in the first set and she found herself getting broken by the former World #11, but Venus though back well to break back straight away, Williams did just about enough in the match to close it out.. although Venus isn't the same player she use to be she still has the weapons to give many top players problems on their day and i'm sure Sharapova will be aware of this when they meet in Round 3 

I'm playing against Maria and I better bring my best game against her," she said.

"I'm fighting the wrinkles and the battle of the bulge and everything but I'm still thin and trim."

Novak Djokovic (Ser) [1] beat Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-1 6-2 6-3

Ryan Harrison who doesn't have the best record against Seeded players at Grand Slam matches was once again on the receiving end of a convincing victory for the seeded player as Djokovic took little time in beating the American, Djokovic went into a 3-0 lead in the first set before Harrison found his range to get himself a game but that was the first and last game he would win in the first set as Djokovic eased past his opponent to take the first set 6-1 after just 20 minutes on court, The second set followed a familiar pattern as the 1st set with Djokovic simply outplaying his opponent and creating perfect angled shots and using his forehand so well to give Harrison little chance of returning a good enough ball, the third and final set was wrapped up with a forehand down the line to send the World #1 through to the 3rd Round 

"I tried to focus from the start," said Djokovic. "But he had nothing to lose and came out and hit some big serves. I managed to get some important breaks at the start of the match and then I was a set up after 20 minutes and had the mental advantage."

Men's Second Round Scores: Day 3

Novak Djokovic (1) defeated Ryan Harrison; 6-1, 6-2, 6-3

David Ferrer (4) defeated Tim Smyczek; 6-0, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3

Tomas Berdych (5) defeated Guillaume Rufin; 6-2, 6-2, 6-4

Janko Tipsarevic (8) defeated Lukas Lacko; 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-5

Nicolas Almagro (10) defeated Daniel Gimeno-Traver; 6-4, 6-1, 6-2

Stanislas Wawrinka (15) defeated Tobias Kamke; 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), retired

Kei Nishikori (16) defeated Carlos Berlocq; 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, 6-1

Sam Querrey (20) defeated Brian Baker; 6-7 (2-7), 1-1, retired

Fernando Verdasco (22) defeated Xavier Malisse; 6-1, 6-3, 6-2

Evgeny Donskoy defeated Mikhail Youzhny (23); 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

Jerzy Janowicz (24) defeated Somdev Devvarman; 6-7 (10-12), 3-6, 6-1, 6-0, 7-5

Jurgen Melzer (26) defeated Roberto Bautista Agut; 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-2

Marcos Baghdatis (28) defeated Tatsuma Ito; 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Radek Stepanek (31) defeated Feliciano Lopez; 6-2, 6-2, 6-4

Julien Benneteau (32) defeated Edouard Roger-Vasselin; 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5)

Kevin Anderson defeated Andrey Kuznetsov; 6-1, 7-5, 6-4

Women's Second Round Scores: Day 3

Maria Sharapova (2) defeated Misaki Doi; 6-0, 6-0

Agnieszka Radwanska (4) defeated Irina-Camelia Begu; 6-3, 6-3

Angelique Kerber (5) defeated Lucie Hradecka; 6-3, 6-1

Li Na (6) defeated Olga Govortsova; 6-2, 7-5

Jie Zheng defeated Samantha Stosur (9); 6-4, 1-6, 7-5

Marion Bartoli (11) defeated Vesna Dolonc; 7-5, 6-0

Ana Ivanovic (13) defeated Yung-Jan Chan; 7-5, 1-6, 6-4

Valeria Savinykh defeated Dominika Cilbulkova (15); 7-6 (8-6), 6-4

Julia Goerges (18) defeated Romina Oprandi; 6-3, 6-2

Ekaterina Makarova (19) defeated Stephanie Foretz Gacon; 6-3, 6-3

Jelena Jankovic (22) defeated Maria Joao Koehler; 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2

Kirsten Flipkens defeated Klara Zakopalova (23); 6-1, 6-0

Venus Williams (25) defeated Alize Cornet; 6-3, 6-3

Sorana Cirstea (27) defeated Kristyna Pliskova; 1-6, 6-3, 6-2

Madison Keys defeated Tamira Paszek (30); 6-2, 6-1

Heather Watson defeated Ksenia Pervak; 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-2