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Australian Open day three: Emma Raducanu advances but Jack Draper sick after win

The story of the third day of action at Melbourne Park.

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Emma Raducanu was a winner at a grand slam again, comfortably beating Shelby Rogers to reach the second round of the Australian Open.

She was joined by Cameron Norrie, Katie Boulter and Jack Draper, who struggled in the heat but came from two sets to one down to beat American Marcos Giron before immediately running to a courtside bin to vomit.

Dan Evans was unable to make it a British full house, losing to Lorenzo Sonego, but it was a good day for the big names, with Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina all winning.

Picture of the day

Carlos Alcaraz lunges for a backhand
Carlos Alcaraz lunged for a backhand (Andy Wong/AP)

Quote of the day

Twelve months after his epic loss to Andy Murray at 4am, Thanasi Kokkinakis came out on the right side of a fifth-set tie-break to beat Sebastian Ofner.

Chips not down for Ruud

Casper Ruud celebrates victory
Casper Ruud eased into round two (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP)

Fallen seeds

Women: Sorana Cirstea (22), Zhu Lin (29)
Men: Alexander Bublik (31)

Who’s up next?

Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic takes on Alexei Popyrin (Andy Wong/AP)

His fellow defending champion Aryna Sabalenka is also under the lights against young Czech Brenda Fruhvirtova, while fellow 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva takes on sixth seed Ons Jabeur.

Coco Gauff plays countrywomen Caroline Dolehide, with Jannik Sinner, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Caroline Wozniacki also looking to reach round three.

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