In another tough five-setter, Maxime Cressy beat fellow American and 22nd-seeded John Isner 7-6 (2), 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-7 (4), 6-4. Murray also fended off Basilashvili last week in a three-hour three setter on the way to the final in a Sydney tuneup event. Murray beat Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 to move into the second round.
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Murray wins 1st Aussie match since 2017įive-time finalist Andy Murray needed a tough five-setter over a player he beat last week to register his first win in an Australian Open match since 2017. John Cain Arena is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena located within Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.It is the second-largest venue and show court for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam professional tennis tournament held each calendar year. Medvedev is bidding to become the first Russian man to win the Australian Open title since Marat Safin, who beat Lleyton Hewitt in the final in 2005. hopefully I can show some good signs here throughout the two weeks," No. Open final last September, a result that denied top-ranked Novak Djokovic a calendar-year Grand Slam.
Title favorite Daniil Medvedev has moved into the second round with a 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (3) win over Henri Laaksonen, extending his Grand Slam winning streak to eight matches. 98-ranked Danka Kovinic in the next round. Two early service breaks gave Raducanu a 5-0 lead and she served it out to finish in 1 3/4 hours. Open winner, converted her fifth break point chance to open the second set in a 12-minute game that finished on a pair of double-faults from Raducanu, the 2021 U.S. 17-seeded Raducanu won the first set in 17 minutes and seemed to be in complete control of her debut main draw match at Melbourne Park.īut Stephens, the 2017 U.S. Open champ Raducanu beats StephensĮmma Raducanu has beaten Sloane Stephens 6-0, 2-6, 6-1 in a seesawing first-round match between U.S. WATCH | Fernandez loses to Inglis at Australian Open:ĭuration 1:28 Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic eliminated Vancouver's Rebecca Marino 6-1, 6-3 in the first round of the Australian Open in Melbourne. She lost in the first round at last year's Australian Open to then defending champion Sofia Kenin.Īlso Tuesday, Vancouver's Rebecca Marino lost to Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-3. The Laval, Que., native saved two match points before Ingis, who is ranked 133rd, served out 6-4, 6-2 on the court dubbed 1573 Arena.įor Inglis, it was a first win in a Grand Slam main draw. 24 in the world, Fernandez had 30 unforced errors and only eight winners, and was broken three times. It's the third straight year that the 19-year-old Fernandez, who was runner-up to Emma Raducanu at last year's U.S Open, has lost in round one at Melbourne Park.
Duration 2:03 Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the 2nd round of the Australian Open in Melbourne after a five set 6-4, 0-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 marathon win over Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori.Įarlier in the day, fellow Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez once again came up short at the tournament.įernandez lost to Australian wild card entry Maddison Inglis 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday in the first round of the Grand Slam tournament.
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