She lost her first match since January on December 30, falling 6-2, 3-6, 10-5 to Latvian Jelena Ostanpenko in an exhibition match in Abu Dhabi.
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The 21-year-old Chung, ranked 58th in the world, proved an immovable object, absorbing everything the former world number one threw at him, returning all with interest.
In an often breathtaking clash laden with sumptuous shot-making, the Spaniard was rocked by the hard-hitting Schwartzman who broke him three times to claim the second set at Rod Laver Arena.
After holding serve to lead 2-1 in the second set, the 14th seed took a medical time-out at the Margaret Court Arena as a trainer worked feverishly on his lower back.
In her first match at Rod Laver Arena since losing last year’s final to her sister, Serena, Venus Williams lost her opener to Belinda Bencic 6-3, 7-5.
The 23-time Grand Slam winner is going through her 35th week of pregnancy, but is still hitting the gym as you can see from the two photos published on her Snapchat account at the weekend.