{"id":4724,"date":"2023-01-16T12:32:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T12:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/australian-open-stefanos-tsitsipas-frances-tiafoe-through-on-first-day\/"},"modified":"2023-01-16T12:32:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T12:32:11","slug":"australian-open-stefanos-tsitsipas-frances-tiafoe-through-on-first-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/australian-open-stefanos-tsitsipas-frances-tiafoe-through-on-first-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open: Stefanos Tsitsipas & Frances Tiafoe through on first day"},"content":{"rendered":"


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World number four Stefanos Tsitsipas led the ATP Tour for most matches won last year (61), but is still hunting his first Grand Slam title<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n
Dates:<\/strong> 16-29 January <\/span>Venue: <\/strong>Melbourne Park<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coverage: <\/strong>Commentary every day from 07:00 GMT on Radio 5 Sports Extra ‘Tennis Breakfast’ live from Melbourne, with selected live text commentaries and match reports on the BBC Sport website and app.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas registered a straight-set win over France’s Quentin Halys to reach the second round of the Australian Open.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Greek, who has yet to lose a match this year, won 6-3 6-4 7-6 (8-6) on the opening day at Melbourne Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Next the three-time semi-finalist will face Australian Rinky Hijikata, who came from two sets down to beat qualifier Yannick Hanfmann.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seventh seed Daniil Medvedev takes on American Marcos Giron later on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It was challenging, he came up with some good tennis in the third set, I kind of lost my rhythm in the serve,” said Tsitsipas.<\/span><\/p>\n

“So I had to find ways to get out of the difficult situation. I think my fighting spirit showed towards the end, I wasn’t going to give up.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the men’s singles, teenager <\/span>Shang Juncheng<\/strong> became the first male Chinese player to win an Australian Open main draw singles match.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 17-year-old qualifier, the youngest player in the men’s draw, beat Germany’s Oscar Otte 6-2 6-4 6-7 (2-7) 7-5.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I think it’s huge for Chinese men’s tennis. We have had really good players from the women’s side but not really big names in the men’s,” said Shang.<\/span><\/p>\n

He will face <\/span>Frances Tiafoe<\/strong> after the American 16th seed beat Germany’s Daniel Altmaier 6-3 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-8).<\/span><\/p>\n

Tiafoe’s kit – a squiggly pink, blue and red number – divided opinion on social media, with one user commenting the outfit “deserves to get to the second week minimum”.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Frances Tiafoe reached the semi-finals of last year’s US Open<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former champion <\/span>Stan Wawrinka<\/strong> fell in the opening round, with the Swiss losing 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 1-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 to Slovak Alex Molcan.<\/span><\/p>\n

American wildcard <\/span>Christopher Eubanks<\/strong> beat the in-form Kwon Soon-woo over five sets to claim his first main-draw win in Melbourne.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Polish 10th seed <\/span>Hubert Hurkacz <\/strong>cruised past Spaniard Pedro Martinez in straight sets and sixth seed <\/span>Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/strong> overcame a poor first set to beat Canadian compatriot Vasek Pospisil 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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