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Australian Open tennis results 2019 LIVE: Rafael Nadal in action; Roger Federer beats Dan Evans, Katie Boulter out

Day 3 of action in Melbourne is underway. (Picture: Getty Images for Tennis Australi)

Australian Open | Melbourne

Welcome to the Evening Standard’s LIVE coverage of the 2019 Australian Open.

Dan Evans gave a reminder of just what a talented tennis player he is by pushing defending champion Roger Federer in the second round of the Australian Open.

The 28-year-old from Birmingham reached his career high two years ago by defeating Marin Cilic in Melbourne to make the fourth round before the self-inflicted exile of a cocaine ban left him having to start again.

He has worked his way back to 189 in the rankings in less than a year and should return quickly to the top 100 if he can maintain the form he showed here in a 7-6 (5) 7-6 (3) 6-3 defeat.

Katie Boulter was then beaten by Aryna Sabalenka on the newly named Melbourne Arena in straight sets, leaving Johanna Konta as the last Brit standing in Melbourne.

Elsewhere, Australian Matthew Ebden faces World No.2 Rafael Nadal in a match to please the local fans, while Maria Sharapova – who dispatched of Brit Harriet Dart in the first round – takes on Sweden’s Rebecca Peterson.

We’ll bring you LIVE updates throughout the tournament in Melbourne, so stay tuned for all the action…

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Melbourne Arena | Play begins from 12am BST

(20) Anett Kontaveit (Est) vs Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr)
(6) Marin Cilic (Cro) vs MacKenzie McDonald (USA)
Katie Boulter (Gbr) vs (11) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr)
(22) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) vs John Millman (Aus)

Court 5 | Play begins from 12am BST

Aleksandra Krunic (Ser) & Saisai Zheng (Chn) vs Monique Adamczak (Aus) & Jessica Moore (Aus)
(15) Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Divij Sharan (Ind) vs Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) & Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa)
Marcelo Demoliner (Bra) & Frederik Nielsen (Den) vs Gerard Granollers-Pujol (Spa) & Marcel Granollers-Pujol (Spa)
Nadiia Kichenok (Ukr) & Yafan Wang (Chn) vs Oksana Kalashnikova (Geo) & Dayana Yastremska (Ukr)

Court 7 | Play begins from 12am BST

Max Purcell (Aus) & Luke Saville (Aus) vs Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) & Nicolas Jarry (Chi)
Destanee Aiava (Aus) & Naiktha Bains (Aus) vs (5) Andreja Klepac (Slo) & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa)
Alex Bolt (Aus) & Marc Polmans (Aus) vs (4) Bob Bryan (USA) & Mike Bryan (USA)
Nick Kyrgios (Aus) & Matt Reid (Aus) vs (13) Ivan Dodig (Cro) & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra)

Court 8 | Play begins from 12am BST

Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) vs (31) Petra Martic (Cro)
Tomas Berdych (Cze) vs Robin Haase (Ned)
(24) Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) vs Amanda Anisimova (USA)
Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn) vs (10) Karen Khachanov (Rus)

Court 10 | Play begins from 12am BST

(12) Henri Kontinen (Fin) & John Peers (Aus) vs Santiago Gonzalez (Mex) & Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pak)
Irina Bara (Rom) & Monica Niculescu (Rom) vs Lara Arruabarrena (Spa) & Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa)
(7) Lukasz Kubot (Pol) & Horacio Zeballos (Arg) vs Aljaz Bedene (Slo) & Maximilian Marterer (Ger)
Denys Molchanov (Ukr) & Igor Zelenay (Svk) vs Matteo Berrettini (Ita) & Marco Cecchinato (Ita)

Court 12 | Play begins from 12am BST

Kevin Krawietz (Ger) & Nikola Mektic (Cro) vs Nicholas Monroe (USA) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (Ind)
Austin Krajicek (USA) & Artem Sitak (Nzl) vs Leander Paes (Ind) & Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (Mex)
Luke Bambridge (Gbr) & Jonny O'Mara (Gbr) vs Marius Copil (Rom) & Marton Fucsovics (Hun)
Ilya Ivashka (Blr) & Daniil Medvedev (Rus) vs Hugo Nys (Fra) & Benoit Paire (Fra)

Court 13 | Play begins from 12am BST

Denis Kudla (USA) vs (18) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg)
Danielle Collins (USA) vs Sachia Vickery (USA)
Thomas Fabbiano (Ita) vs Reilly Opelka (USA)

Court 14 | Play begins from 12am BST

Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) & Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) vs Adrian Mannarino (Fra) & Andreas Mies (Ger)
Marcelo Arevalo (Esa) & James Cerretani (USA) vs (9) Jean-Julien Rojer (Ned) & Horia Tecau (Rom)
Alexandra Panova (Rus) & Laura Siegemund (Ger) vs Margarita Gasparyan (Rus) & Daria Gavrilova (Aus)
Alize Cornet (Fra) & Petra Martic (Cro) vs Magda Linette (Pol) & Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus)

Court 15 | Play begins from 12am BST

Kai-Chen Chang (Tpe) & Chieh-Yu Hsu (USA) vs Kaitlyn Christian (USA) & Asia Muhammed (USA)
Bradley Klahn (USA) & Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) vs (6) Raven Klaasen (Rsa) & Michael Venus (Nzl) Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) & Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) vs Samantha Stosur (Aus) & Shuai Zhang (Chn)
(16) Robin Haase (Ned) & Matwe Middelkoop (Ned) vs Ryan Harrison (USA) & Sam Querrey (USA)

Court 19 | Play begins from 12am BST

(12) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) & Vania King (USA) vs Shuko Aoyama (Jpn) & Lidziya Marozava (Blr)
Tatjana Maria (Ger) & Heather Watson (Gbr) vs (4) Nicole Melichar (USA) & Kveta Peschke (Cze)
(5) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) & Nicolas Mahut (Fra) vs David Marrero (Spa) & Mischa Zverev (Ger), (1) Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) & Katerina Siniakova (Cze) vs Ana Bogdan (Rom) & Anastasia Rodionova (Aus)

Court 20 | Play begins from 12am BST

Stefano Travaglia (Ita) vs (19) Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo)
Radu Albot (Mol) vs (26) Fernando Verdasco (Spa)
Belinda Bencic (Swi) vs Yulia Putintseva (Kaz)

Court 22 | Play begins from 12am BST

Nao Hibino (Jpn) & Desirae Krawczyk (USA) vs (14) Miyu Kato (Jpn) & Makoto Ninomiya (Jpn) Leonardo Mayer (Arg) & Joao Sousa (Por) vs (14) Feliciano Lopez (Spa) & Marc Lopez (Spa)
Mao-Xin Gong (Chn) & Ze Zhang (Chn) vs Martin Klizan (Svk) & Marcin Matkowski (Pol)
Lucie Hradecka (Cze) & Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) vs Mona Barthel (Ger) & Sofia Kenin (USA)