{"id":16140,"date":"2024-01-15T21:30:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T02:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/tennis-australian-open-2024-aussies-wrap-day-3-olivia-gadecki-thanasi-kokkinakis-ajla-tomljanovic-max-purcell-in-action\/15\/01\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-01-15T21:31:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T02:31:00","slug":"tennis-australian-open-2024-aussies-wrap-day-3-olivia-gadecki-thanasi-kokkinakis-ajla-tomljanovic-max-purcell-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/tennis-australian-open-2024-aussies-wrap-day-3-olivia-gadecki-thanasi-kokkinakis-ajla-tomljanovic-max-purcell-in-action\/15\/01\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Australian Open 2024 Aussies wrap Day 3 &#8211; Olivia Gadecki, Thanasi Kokkinakis, Ajla Tomljanovic, Max Purcell in action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The 2024 Australian Open continues on Day 3 with a total of six Aussies in action, including Thanasi Kokkinakis, Max Purcell, and Ajla Tomljanovic competing their first matches of the AO.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/39311917\/2024-australian-open-day-3-live-updates-players-more\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/39305625\/naomi-osaka-australian-open-tennis-2024-return-loss\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img style=\"display:block\" class=\"lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=75&resize=75 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?w=100&resize=100 100w, 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(AUS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former world No. 3 Sloane Stephens proved far too strong for Olivia Gadecki, defeating the Australian wildcard 6-3, 6-1 in just 56 minutes on John Cain Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Stephens, a former US Open champion, wins her way into the second round of Australia&#8217;s major tournament for the first time since 2019, where she&#8217;ll play the winner of 14th seed Daria Kasatkina and Peyton Stearns.<\/p>\n<p>Gadecki made a strong start winning the opening two games of the match, but from there her more experienced American opponent took complete control.<\/p>\n<p><u>John Cain Arena, not before 4pm<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sebastian Ofner (AUT) vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>John Cain Arena, not before 7pm<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Petra Martic (CRO) vs. Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Kia Arena, second match<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Max Purcell (AUS) vs. Mate Valkusz (HUN)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Court 3, 11am<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>James McCabe (AUS) vs. Alex Michelsen (USA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Court 3, third match<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) [11] vs. Kimberly Birrell (AUS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/39311460\/australian-open-2024-tennis-results-aussies-wrap-day-3-olivia-gadecki-thanasi-kokkinakis-ajla-tomljanovic-max-purcell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Australian Open continues on Day 3 with a total of six Aussies in action, including Thanasi Kokkinakis, Max Purcell, and<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/tennis-australian-open-2024-aussies-wrap-day-3-olivia-gadecki-thanasi-kokkinakis-ajla-tomljanovic-max-purcell-in-action\/15\/01\/2024\/\">Read More 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