Ana Ivanovic's coach collapses, rushed to hospital at Australian Open

There were questions how Murray would respond in his first match after his father-in-law Nigel Sears, Ana Ivanovic's coach, collapsed at the tournament and was taken to hospital on Saturday.

Ana Ivanovic's coach Nigel Sears was rushed to hospital after a medical emergency on Saturday during her match with Madison Keys, which was eventually won by the American after an hour's halt in play.

Sears received swift medical assistance and Australian television station Channel Seven reported the 58-year-old had to be carried away with his shirt off but was conscious. Andy's brother Jamie Murray told the press that Sears was "conscious, talking and sitting up".

Murray, oblivious to the development, was playing against Portugal's Joao Sousa on the adjacent Margaret Court Arena at the same time, winning 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-2 before rushing straight to hospital.

The World No 2 was already on tenterhooks with his wife Kim set to give birth to their first child and he has already said he will drop everything to fly home to be with her when the time comes.

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In a statement, the Australian Open said that Ivanovic and Keys chose to continue the match after being updated on Sears's condition.

"I feel truly grateful to everyone involved for the manner in which this has been handled".

Tomic was reacting to Federer's comments at this month's Brisbane International when he said the 23-year-old needed to work hard all year if he wants to be a top-10 player.

The match was delayed by Sears' treatment, with an extremely anxious Ivanovic watching on.

Yesterday Murray was back on court training as he prepared for his fourth round match against Bernard Tomic.

But his next opponent Andy Murray had a traumatic night after his father-in-law collapsed at Rod Laver Arena.

Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai has advanced to the quarterfinals at Melbourne Park after beating a limping Madison Keys 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. It was that Davis Cup win for Murray that really helps to show his complete dominance over Tomic so far in their respective careers, taking it in straight sets and never being challenged. "So we hope there's nothing bad and, of course, first is the family and the health, so I think it's very good that Andy went there to be with him." .

The 2008 finalist lost, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, to No. 15-seeded Keys.

He said it hurts sometimes landing on the hard courts as he chases balls other players would leave, adding "Maybe something snaps in my mind, and I just go for it..."

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