Australia finally got some joy on day one of the Australian Open as Christopher O’Connell won a five-set epic to progress into the second round.
Australia finally got some joy on day one of the Australia n Open as Christopher O’Connell won a five-set epic to progress into the second round . O’Connell had to twice recover from a set down against former world No.17 Cristian Garin and, in front of a loud Court 3 crowd packed with both Aussies and Chileans, stormed home. Serving for the match at 5-4, O’Connell was broken by Garin, who drilled a two-handed backhand return winner that just caught the line.
But O’Connell showed his remarkable defensive workrate as he broke back the very next game. On his second attempt to serve out the match, O’Connell was again in trouble when he fell to 30-40, only to pull out an unreturnable serve to save the break point. And two well-executed points later, O’Connell had booked his place in the second round - 3-6 7-5 4-6 6-1 7-5 - to raucous applause
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