Live updates from the evening session at Melbourne ParkSharapova unsure if she will return after early exitDrop Tumaini an email | Tweet @tumcarayol 12.08pm GMT
After her routine loss to Donna Vekic today, Maria Sharapova’s future is far from clear.
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An astonishing sequence of events. Dart held double match point on her serve at *6-5 in the third set, then she badly missed two forehands in a row and lost 9 of the next 10 points to fall down 1-5 in the third set tiebreak. From 1-5 in the tiebreak, Dart then won 9 of the next 10 points herself to win the match.
Dart cut out her errors and forced Doi to hit through her. The Japanese player simply couldn’t do so. A year after suffering the humiliation of a double bagel against her hero Maria Sharapova on Rod Laver Arena, Dart is only the second Brit through to the second round so far. This also marks her first slam win outside of Wimbledon.