Daniil Medvedev tames Nick Kyrgios and boisterous crowd to advance

Composed Daniil Medvedev took all that mercurial Australian Nick Kyrgios and the home crowd could throw at him to march into the third round at the Australian Open on Thursday The Russian World No2 and title favourite served out a 76 64 46 62 win over the 115thranked KyrgiosIt was a madhouse inside Rod Laver Arena with unpredictable Kyrgios dealing out all his assortment of unplayable serves and tweeners before a partisan home crowd while embroiled in a running battle with the chair umpireBut Medvedev dealt with it all to ease through and will now face Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp in the third round Medvedev was not happy with some of the antics of the vociferous crowdldquoI came to win this match and I am happy that I was able to dordquo Medvedev said on court ldquoItrsquos not your choice when you get booed between first and second serves itrsquos not easy I just had to stay calmrdquoMurray knocked outEarlier frustrated threetime Grand Slam champion Andy Murray was stunned by Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel in straight sets in thesecond roundThe 120th ranked Daniel ambushed the former World No1 64 64 64 in 2hr 48min on John Cain Arena to reach the third round of a major for the first time ldquoIrsquom really really isappointed Very frustrated And yeah a tough loss for me Thatrsquos for surerdquo said veteran Murray a former World No1ldquoI want to perform well in the big events For me tonight is not good enough in that respect Making the second round of Slams is not something I find particularly motivating I want to be doing better than thatrdquoTsitsipas survivesMeanwhile misfiring Stefanos Tsitsipas survived a thorough examination by former World No1 junior Sebastian Baez before taking his place in the third roundon ThursdayThe Greek World No4 raced through a firstset tie breaker but struggled to put away the tigerish 88th ranked Argentine before winning in four sets Tsitsipas wrapped up the match 76 67 63 64 in 3hr 22min on Margaret Court Arena and will next face Frenchman Benoit PaireldquoIt wasnrsquot easy Irsquom glad I overcame that obstacle today Lots of fighting a little bit of swearing but Irsquom glad to be in the third roundrdquo Tsitsipas who is yet to win a Grand Slam said ldquoIt was a pretty hot day today playing here but I tried to play with the heart and it paid out at the endrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever