Queenslander John Millman is through to the second round after a four-set victory over Feliciano Lopez at the AusOpen
Novak Djokovic is facing the prospect of being denied entry to the year’s second grand slam at Roland Garros after French authorities on Monday confirmed that the country’s vaccine mandate will extend to international athletes.
In his absence the women’s No.1 showed she was ready to take up the slack, blowing away a shell-shocked Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko 6-0 6-1. The trend continued in the second set with the Ukrainian simply having no answers to the power and precision from the Queenslander who was loving being back at Melbourne Park.Thanasi Kokkinakis’ dream summer has ended in disaster, with the popular comeback talent dumped from the Australian Open after a disappointing round one loss to German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann.
Even the backing of a raucous Court 3 crowd wasn’t enough to inspire Kokkinakis, who suffered regular body blows and looked a shadow of the player that roared last week to claim his maiden title in Adelaide.7:45: AEDT BARTY TAKES OPENING SETThe world number one has put on a clinic in the opening set of her first round match against Lesia Tsurenko of the Ukraine.Barty smashed eight winners, had two aces and won a whopping 15 more points than Tsurenko.
The Aussie flavour to the night session is only just getting started, with Ash Barty out on court to take on Lesia Tsurenko of the Ukraine.I guess we can thank Novak Djokovic for that.6:55PM: STARS RUSH TO HELP AS BALLGIRL COLLAPSES Martinez went on to win the lengthy tiebreak 17-15 and the match in four sets, but this match will be best remembered for this act of kindness during a critical moment of their contest.American 18th seed Coco Gauff has been dumped out of the Australian Open in a blaze of unforced errors, losing 6-4, 6-2 to China’s Wang Qiang in a huge upset.
“You know I lost two times against her last year so I just tried my best to focus on court,” said Wang.It hasn’t been a great start to the Australian Open for Thanasi Kokkinakis, who has dropped the opening set of his match with Yannick Hanfmann.Unforced errors have been the big problem for the Aussie. He has 16 already, double what Hanfmann has.5:50PM: KOKKINAKIS HITS COURT FOR ROUND 1
Almost every player has been asked their opinion about what happened to the recently deported world No.1 – with some giving long and insightful answers on the situation. Popular Frenchman Gael Monfils burst through to the second-round with a fantastic straight-sets win over Federico Coria.
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