Australian Open—Melbourne, Australia
First-round results:
Monday’s action at the 2023 Australian Open featured No. 1 Rafael Nadal overcoming a stiff challenge by Britain’s Jack Draper to reach the second round, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Needing three hours and 41 minutes to advance, Nadal will next face Mackenzie McDonald, who defeated Brandon Nakashima 7-6(5), 7-6(1), 1-6, 6-7(10), 6-4.
Other men’s winners on Day 1 included No. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas, No. 6 Felix Auger-Aliassime, No. 7 Daniil Medvedev, No. 10 Hubert Hurkacz, No. 11 Cameron Norrie, No. 15 Jannik Sinner, and No. 20 Denis Shapovalov.
Seeded men who were ousted in first round matches included No. 17 Lorenzo Musetti losing to Lloyd Harris 6-4, 6-1, 6-7(0), 2-6, 7-6(4) and Jiri Lehecka dismissing No. 21 Borna Coric 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
On the women’s side, No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek defeated Jule Niemeier 6-4, 7-5. The top seed will next face Camila Osorio.
Elsewhere, No. 3 Jessica Pegula, No. 6 Maria Sakkari, No. 7 Coco Gauff, No. 10 Madison Keys, No. 13 Danielle Collins, No. 15 Petra Kvitova, No. 17 Jelena Ostapenko, and No. 20 Barbora Krejcikova. Former US Open winners Bianca Andresscu and Emma Raducanu also advanced to the second round.
Tuesday’s action in Melbourne will feature No. 2 seed Casper Ruud, No. 2 seed Ons Jabuer, No. 4 seed Novak Djokovic, No. 4 Caroline Garcia, No. 5 seed Aryna Sabalenka, and No. 8 seed Holger Rune.
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(1) Rafael Nadal Defeats Jack Draper 75 26 64 61
(3) Stefanos Tsitsipas Defeats Quentin Halys 63 64 76(6)
(6) Felix Auger-Aliassime Defeats Vasek Pospisil 16 76(4) 76(3) 63
(7) Daniil Medvedev Defeats Marcos Giron 60 61 62
(10) Hubert Hurkacz Defeats Pedro Martinez 76(1) 62 62
(11) Cameron Norrie Defeats Luca Van Assche 76(3) 60 63
(15) Jannik Sinner Defeats Kyle Edmund 64 60 62
(16) Frances Tiafoe Defeats Daniel Altmaier 63 63 67(5) 76(6)
Lloyd Harris Defeats (17) Lorenzo Musetti 64 61 67(0) 26 76(4)
(18) Karen Khachanov Defeats Bernabe Zapata Miralles 76(3) 62 60
(20) Denis Shapovalov Defeats Dusan Lajovic 64 46 64 61
Jiri Lehecka Defeats (21) Borna Coric 63 63 63
(28) Francisco Cerundolo Defeats Guido Pella 64 64 63
(29) Sebastian Korda Defeats Cristian Garin 64 16 63 62
(31) Yoshihito Nishioka Defeats Mikael Ymer 64 62 75
(32) Botic van de Zandschulp Defeats Ilya Ivashka 63 36 75 63
Taro Daniel Defeats Ernesto Escobedo 75 62 36 63
Tomas Martin Etcheverry Defeats Gregoire Barrere 36 63 64 64
Christopher Eubanks Defeats Soonwoo Kwon 63 671 63 46 64
Marton Fucsovics Defeats Federico Coria 46 75 26 76(6) 62
Tallon Griekspoor Defeats Pavel Kotov 63 763 63
Rinky Hijikata Defeats Yannick Hanfmann 46 46 63 76(5) 63
Jason Kubler Defeats Sebastian Baez 64 64 64
Constant Lestienne Defeats Thiago Monteiro 63 76(2) 63
Mackenzie McDonald Defeats Brandon Nakashima 76(5) 76(1) 16 67(10) 64
John Millman Defeats Marc-Andrea Huesler 67(8) 75 67(2) 62 63
Alex Molcan Defeats Stan Wawrinka 67(3) 63 16 76(2) 64
Corentin Moutet Defeats Yibing Wu 64 57 62 46 75
Juncheng Shang Defeats Oscar Otte 62 64 67(2) 75
Lorenzo Sonego Defeats Nuno Borges 76(4) 63 67(6) 61
Dalibor Svrcina Defeats Jaume Munar 63 62 62
Yosuke Watanuki Defeats Arthur Rinderknech 63 63 62
