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There have already been a few upsets at this year’s , with a reigning Olympic champion the latest to suffer a surprise defeat.
Qinwen Zheng, who reached the final of last year’s tournament, was dumped out by Laura Siegemund in straight sets overnight. It comes after Andrey Rublev was overpowered by Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca on Tuesday.
managed to avoid the same fate against Jaime Faria, with the Serb pulling through in four sets to book his place in round three.
Plenty of British players will be in action later on Wednesday, with Jodie Burrage going up against and Harriet Dart facing Donna Vekic.
will also continue his campaign against Thanasi Kokkinakis as he seeks another deep run at a Grand Slam, having reached the US Open semi-finals last year.
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Tim Henman raises Emma Raducanu injury concern
Tim Henman believes a specific physical issue may have hindered during her first-round win over Ekaterina Alexandrova.
The young Brit, who was nursing a back problem before the tournament, made 15 double faults during the match.
“She had to pull out of Auckland because of that back spasm,” said Henman.
“You kind of wonder if you have a bad back, the last thing you really want to be doing is serving so she might not have served so much coming into the event.
“We have talked about how her service motion has changed a bit, it is a little bit longer.
“But at the end of the day, if you can serve 15 double faults and still end up winning, it probably means the other areas of your game are working pretty well and against a seeded opponent she will just be pleased to get that win under her belt.
“She always fights but first and foremost it was great to see her on the match court.
“She hasn’t played a massive amount of tennis and you are thinking she needs to get matches under her belt.”
Novak Djokovic rages at umpire after strange incident
was left furious after the floodlights suddenly came on during his victory over Jaime Faria.
The Serb complained to the umpire, threatening to stop playing until the lights were switched off.
He said: “We will wait for them to switch them off. Wait for the end of the set if they want to switch them on.”
The lights were eventually shut off, prompting cheers from the crowd inside the Rod Laver Arena.
Novak Djokovic was unhappy about the floodlights being switched on (Image: EUROSPORT)
What happened overnight?
Qinwen Zheng’s surprise defeat to Laura Siegemund has been the biggest story of the day so far.
The reigning Olympic champion was beaten in straight sets and later blamed her lack of a warm-up event for her shock exit.
managed to avoid the same fate with a hard-fought win over Jaime Faria in four sets.
and Jessica Pegula, meanwhile, eased to one-sided victories over Yoshihito Nishioka and Elise Mertens respectively.
There have also been wins for Aryna Sabalenka, Naomi Osaka, Mirra Andreeva and Leylah Fernandez.
Qinwen Zheng is already out of the Australian Open (Image: GETTY)
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