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Serena's sister Venus, fourth seeds Alexander Zverev and Naomi Osaka and Stanislas Wawrinka are also among those who will play their second round matches today. "It's a Serena-tard", the 37-year-old later told a news conference to laughter, adding that she thought it "an incredibly strong, powerful statement for moms that are trying to get back and get fit".

Hewitt (right) said Tomic (left) won't represent Australia in the Davis Cup again while he is coach. Tomic's form wouldn't see him chosen anyway for Australia's Davis Cup first-round tie against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Adelaide in February, but Tomic went a bit further, suggesting Hewitt has a personal interest in players he is promoting.

Andy Murray has lost the opening two sets of his first-round match at the Australian Open - in what could be his last ever appearance as a professional player. But Murray was not to be denied in the tie-break, creating two set points when Bautista Agut shanked a forehand over the baseline and taking the second with a forehand guided into the open court.

In 22 games, Higuain has managed to score just eight goals - a poor return by his standards. According to Sky Sports , Chelsea have agreed a deal with Juventus to sign the Argentine forward on loan until the end of the season. Despite the merits of Olivier Giroud and Alvaro Morata , Higuain is a centre forward that Sarri trusts in his system and who flourished under the astute Italian tactician during their time together at Napoli .

Golden State and Denver are the top two teams in the Western Conference. Warriors "big three" of Curry, Durant and Klay Thompson notched up 89 points between them, in a game that saw Golden State set a new National Basketball Association record for points scored in one quarter.

Gregg Williams is the team's new defensive coordinator. But apart from his bombastic temperament, what exactly does Williams bring to the table? The Jets were reportedly targeting Williams for their DC job no matter who was hired as head coach.

The Broncos hired Mike Munchak as their new offensive line coach on Monday, the team announced. The Vikings are also expected to hire longtime Kubiak assistants Rick Dennison as offensive line coach and Brian Pariani as tight ends coach.

Steelers president Art Rooney II - who told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette it's " hard to envision " Brown being with the team come training camp - released a statement last week insisting the organization is open to every option this offseason except for releasing Brown.

On Wednesday, the Turkish government made a request for extradition and an Interpol red notice request for Kanter's arrest, according to Turkish state news. Kanter, who has expressed support for Gulen, was allowed to leave a few hours later. Describing Mr Erdogan as "the Hitler of our century", he had said: "They've got a lot of spies".

According to TMZ , Beckham sprung into attack mode "when he saw the guy making masturbating motions" while his hands were inside his trousers. At that point, Beckham said he yelled at the man, who tried to run away. "I waited for a second and I looked again", he said. "He's never going to do that again on this side of town". Beckham, who played five season in the National Football League, pursued Cassidy on foot and wrestled him to the ground 50 yards away from his home.

The seven-time Australian Open champion was eight weeks pregnant when she won the last of her 23 Grand Slam titles at Melbourne Park and returned to tennis previous year after the birth of her daughter in September, 2017. Next up for Birrell is Angelique Kerber , who won her match against Beatrix Haddad Maia 6-2, 6-3. It's easy to get caught up in the excitement of those 118 miles per hour aces and forget that last season, Williams was not yet physically ready to compete in Melbourne .