MELBOURNE, Australia - For more than four hours, American qualifier Tim Smyczek fought desperately for every point against Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open, chasing down everything the 14-time Grand Slam champion threw at him.Then, with No. 3-ranked Nadal serving at 6-5 in the fifth set, he gave his opponent a break.A spectator shouted just as the Spaniard was about to make contact with his first serve, causing him to miss long. As Nadal glared into the stands, Smyczek motioned that he should retake the first serve. Nadal did — and won the point and the second-round match 6-2, 3-6, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-5.Smyczek won Nadals respect.What he did at the end of the fifth is just amazing, he said. Very few players can do that after four hours something of a match, at 6-5, love-30. So I just will say thanks to him because hes a great example what he did today.Smyczek, a soft-spoken 27-year-old from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, never questioned doing the sporting thing.I dont know if the guy didnt know (Nadal) was tossing the ball or not, but it clearly bothered him, he said, looking down and smiling sheepishly. You know, I thought it was the right thing to do.Ranked 112th in the world, Smyczek had never beaten a top-10 player; his previous best win was against No. 19 Jurgen Melzer at a tournament in Delray Beach, Florida, in 2012.He toils for much of the season on the second-tier Challenger circuit, playing in front of sparse crowds in towns like Napa, California, and Charlottesville, Virginia. He had to survive three rounds of qualifying just to make the Australian Open main draw.Against Nadal in front of 15,000 fans at Rod Laver Arena, though, the American played without fear, racing out to a two-sets-to-one lead behind his pin-point serve — he finished with 15 aces — and a huge forehand that he used to hit 28 of his 64 winners.At one point, with the Spaniard ailing due to the humidity and fatigue, he even entertained the thought he might actually win.I had a good game plan going in. The most important thing I thought was for me to try and stay within myself, he said. I didnt really struggle with nerves too much just because I got nothing to lose.Nadal was impressed with Smyczeks play, too, admitting he knew little about his opponent before the match.I saw him play in some videos, he said.For Smyczek, its now back to the minor leagues, with the goal of lifting his ranking into the top 100 so he doesnt have to qualify for the Slams anymore. 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Kallum Higginbotham opens the scoring for Kilmarnock at Inverness From the resulting corner the ball dropped at the feet of Gary Warren and he scooped a net-bound effort towards the corner, but Julien Faubert got up to head the ball clear.The home side came close with another corner three minutes later as Danny Devine flicked the ball towards the back post where Draper hooked the ball past MacDonald and against the outside of the upright. Kilmarnock manager Lee Clark gave his post-match thoughts after his side were beaten by Inverness CT But Kilmarnock took the lead on 44 minutes as Greg Kiltie laid off a pass to Higginbotham and he stepped inside Tansey to curl the ball inside the far post from 16 yardsFive minutes after the break, Rory McKenzie took a quick throw-in to Faubert and he delivered a superb cross into the box for Kris Boyd to send his diving header just over the target from six yards.ddddddddddddInverness were gifted a route back into the match when Draper (53) latched on to a sloppy pass back from Conrad Balatoni and nicked the ball round MacDonald, who was committed to the challenge and brought the midfielder down. 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Man-of-the-match Greg Tansey and Ross Draper of Inverness give their thoughts after the win over Kilmarnock At the other end of the pitch Boyd placed a free-kick from 30 yards around the Thistle wall only to be denied by the post, and the ball spun off the onrushing McKenzie and flew wide of the target.Josh Meekings then headed the ball wide from five yards with the goal at his mercy after Storey delivered a superb cross to the back post.Inverness took the lead on 73 minutes when Warren flicked on yet another corner and Draper hooked the ball past both Brennan and Boyd from inside the six-yard box. 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