In front of a boisterous home crowd, John Millman produces a committed performance to beat veteran Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in four sets.
Local crowd favourite John Millman says his serve underpinned his stoic four-set win over Feliciano Lopez in their first-round encounter at the Australian Open.Millman triumphed 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 over LopezMillman got on top of Lopez early in their clash in front of a boisterous crowd inside Margaret Court Arena, before going on to win 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in just under three hours.
He joined wildcard Aleksandar Vukic as the Australians through to the second round of the men's draw, with Thanasi Kokkinakis and James Duckworth having both exited the tournament. Meanwhile, third seed Alexander Zverev defeated fellow German Daniel Altmaier in straight sets, 7-6 , 6-1, 7-6 , in the feature men's match of the evening session on Rod Laver Arena. The 32-year-old Millman said enjoying some early dominance on his serve helped set up his win over the veteran Spaniard Lopez."I don't think Feliciano served particularly well, and obviously that's one of his big strengths in the first two sets, but then he really started to turn it on with his serving and hitting his spots in sets three and four. "So when that happens, I had to look after my service games. I did that pretty well for most of the match, apart from the third set, and just created enough opportunities to eventually capitalise on one of them to close it out."The 89th-ranked Millman said he was still managing a back complaint, which hampered his 2021 season."Obviously for those following French Open, it put me out of the French Open and I wasn't quite fit at the US Open either. "That's a bit disappointing when you're on the road and obviously I have to bring a level of physicality to my matches to win."So it's one of those things I'm trying to manage to the best of my ability, but unfortunately week to week, you just don't quite know how it is feeling and how it will be going."
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