Published 15:19 IST, January 22nd 2020

Australian Open Glance: Nick Kyrgios back in action on Day 4

Kyrgios, deeply affected by the wildfires that have affected parts of Australia in the past two months, including his hometown of Canberra, has been instrumental in fundraising efforts for the victims.

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A quick look at Australian Open:

LOOKAHE TO THURSDAY

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focus will be back on Nick Kyrgios during his second-round match against Gilles Simon.

Will he keep up his recent model behavior, or return to some of prior antics that have left him under threat of suspension?

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Kyrgios, deeply affected by wildfires that have affected parts of Australia in past two months, including his hometown of Canberra, has been instrumental in fundraising efforts for victims. He's also been emotional at times about devastation.

Asked after his first-round win if he feels like he's better able to focus when he's playing for an extra cause, his answer was easy: "Yeah, for sure. I guess it's just a perspective thing, isn't it? Why am I really getting m on tennis court with everything going on? Every match I've played this year, I've been pretty good. It's probably because of everything going on."

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Top-ranked Rafael Nal will be aiming to vance to third round when he plays Federico Delbonis. Fourth-seeded Daniil Medvedev plays Petro Martinez and seventh-seeded Alexander Zverev takes on Egor Gerasimov. In women's featured matches, . 2 Karolina Pliskova plays Laura Siegemund, Wimbledon champion Simona Halep plays qualifier Harriet Dart and sixth-seeded Belinda Bencic takes on 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko.

THURSDAY'S FORECAST

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Possible rain. High of 21 Celsius (70 Fahrenheit)

WEDNESDAY'S WEAR

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Windy and a high temperature of 32 Celsius (90 Fahrenheit)

WEDNESDAY'S KEY RESULTS

Men's second round: . 2 vak Djokovic beat Tatsuma Ito 6-1, 6-4, 6-2; . 6 Stefas Tsitsipas beat Philipp Kohlschreiber, walkover; Tennys Sandgren beat . 8 Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (7), 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 7-5; Yoshihito Nishioka beat . 30 Daniel Evans 6-4, 6-3, 6-4; Sam Querrey beat Ricardas Berankis 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Tommy Paul beat . 18 Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3); Marin Cilic beat . 21 Beit Paire 6-2, 6-7 (6), 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3); . 32 Milos Raonic beat Cristian Garin 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Women: First Round: Carla Suarez Navarro beat . 11 Aryna Sabalenka 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6); Second Round: . 1 Ash Barty beat Polona Hercog 6-1, 6-4; . 3 Naomi Osaka beat Zheng Saisai 6-2, 6-4; Coco Gauff beat Sorana Cirstea 4-6, 6-3, 7-5; . 7 Petra Kvitova beat Paula Bosa 7-5, 7-5; . 14 Sofia Kenin beat Ann Li 6-1, 6-3; Caroline Wozniacki beat . 23 Dayana Yastremska 7-5, 7-5.

STAT OF DAY: 3: round at consecutive majors that 15-year-old Coco Gauff and defending champion Naomi Osaka will meet. Gauff and Osaka will play again in third round on Friday. Osaka, 2018 U.S. Open champion, met in third round in New York last year.

QUOTE OF DAY: “ I think I'll be less nervous this time. We're both familiar with each or's games." Gauff looking ahe to next round.

15:19 IST, January 22nd 2020