Ninth seed Daria Kasatkina produced the shot of the tournament so far, a fizzing tweener winner, in a 6-3 6-4 victory over former finalist Marketa Vondrousova, while 2017 champion Jelena Ostapenko lost out 6-3 1-6 6-2 to American Peyton Stearns. Third seed Jessica Pegula had an untaxing afternoon, taking the first set 6-2 against Camila Giorgi before the Italian pulled out. Svitolina is playing her first slam in more than a year following the birth of baby Skai last October. I don't know what he is doing here now, I think he should be resting, but I'm really thankful for him coming to support me, especially in this tough match.' 'I watched him, but not live, I was screaming in my room,' said the Ukrainian. Less than 11 hours after completing an emotional five-set win over Sebastian Baez, Monfils was back at Roland Garros cheering on Svitolina. In her press conference, the Belarusian refused to answer questions about her previous support for president Alexander Lukashenko in a heated exchange with a Ukrainian journalist.įormer world No.3 Elina Svitolina continued to impress in her comeback grand slam, taking inspiration from husband Gael Monfils as she saw off Australian Storm Hunter 3-6 6-3 6-1. Andy Murray Credits Amelie Mauresmo and Kim Sears for His Renaissance. Second seed, Australian Open champ Aryna Sabalenka was not at her best in the opening set against qualifier Iryna Shymanovich but finished strongly to win 7-5 6-2. Novak Djokovic Backs Andy Murray Over Baby Dash. And this is what is tough to digest right now.' And the greatest regrets I have is that I don't up my game when I should. Ayla, her five year old daughter, was born in 2017. Garcia was left hugely frustrated by her failure to seize the initiative, saying: 'Sometimes when I'm on the court, I don't dare go to the net. Garcia's 4-6 6-3 7-5 loss to Russian Anna Blinkova was a major blow to the home country.īlinkova, ranked 56, had never beaten a top-five player before but battled back from a set down to triumph, finally taking her ninth match point. 'I'm on the player council and we've had a lot of conversations about this and we've had a lot of conversations about equality,' said the American. Looks like Andy Murray gained more confidence after his marriage to Kim Sears and after his performance at Wimbledon 2015! Looks like the rash Scotsman is turning out to become a fine sportsman.With French fifth seed Caroline Garcia bowing out on Wednesday, the chances of a women's match making the cut have reduced further, leaving former finalist Sloane Stephens to hit out after her 6-2 6-1 win over Varvara Gracheva. Hopefully I get on a good run now on the hard courts to the end of the year. The year as a whole, there has been some progress. He confessed recently, according to Sky Sports, that 2015 season was definitely one of his best.Īndy Murray said: 'One of the things I spoke about at the beginning of the year was consistency. The Scottish player is definitely looking to carry on his high performing streak into US Open 2015 now that he is also expecting a baby. Mauresmo, who stepped down as France's Fed Cup captain last year when she announced her pregnancy, posted a picture on Twitter of her children's hands with the caption: 'Aaron and Ayla finally met. In addition, he has a baby on the way and it looks like this will further inspire him to perform well in the US Open 2015.Īccording to the Guardian, “Andy Murray is going to be a father in February according to best estimates – which might inconvenience his participation in the Australian Open in January – and everybody is happy for Britain’s best player and his wife, Kim.”Īndy Murray has performed most consistently this season, thanks to his marriage to his wife Kim Sears. The fact that he has been performing better than ever after getting married to Kim Sears may be work in his favor. Amelie, this one’s for you.”Īnother good news is that Andy Murray has now become a real contender for the coming US Open. I’m not sure she would have stayed up to watch this one. He said, “She gave birth to a baby boy this morning. 1 In November 2016 we got the news that Amelie Mauresmo was expecting her second child and this April the Frenchwoman gave birth to a little girl named Ayla. The soon-to-be baby daddy dedicated the win to Amelie Mauresmo. Seeing how he is expecting a baby of his own, he went on to dedicate his win to his coach Amelie Mauresmo, who just gave birth to her own baby.Īccording to Daily Mail, “Andy Murray won his second Masters title of the season with his first victory against Novak Djokovic since the 2013 Wimbledon final.” Andy Murray just beat Novak Djokovic to clinch the Rogers Cup title.

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