Australian Open 2020: day two - live!
- Updates from the conclusion of the opening round from Melbourne Park
- Johanna Konta falls early
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Second set: Pliskova 6-1 4-5 Mladenovic* (*denotes server): Mladenovic once again races to 40-0 but then drops a point with a very edgy double fault. She pushes it out of her mind quickly though, securing the game with a forehand winner.
Pliskova now serving to stay in the set.
Second set: Pliskova* 6-1 4-4 Mladenovic (*denotes server): There is one end at RLA (I’m afraid I can’t be more specific about which) where the ball toss is directly into the sun, increasing the degree of difficulty. Mladenovic struggled with it in her previous service game, and Pliskova is ill at ease here, slipping to 30-40 and offering Mladenovic her seventh break point of the match. And finally she takes one! Pliskova dumping the ball into the net after Mladenovic kept the ball on her toes from the baseline.
This one is not over just yet.
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