Melbourne [Australia], January 20 (ANI): Double defending champion Jannik Sinner superior to the second spherical of the continuing Australian Open after his French opponent, Hugo Gaston, retired after dropping the primary two units 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday.
The Italian star and World No. 2 was in ominous type in his spherical one match on the Rod Laver Arena courtroom, and after profitable the second set, his French opponent retired. Notably, that is Sinner’s first aggressive match since defeating his arch-rival and World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz for the ATP finals crown.
On the opposite hand, Eighth seed Ben Shelton displayed a sensational efficiency as he beat Ugo Humbert 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-5) in an exhilarating battle on the males’s singles spherical one match at Rod Laver Arena.
Australian qualifier Dane Sweeny defeated Gael Monfils 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 6-4, 7-5 in a match that lasted almost 4 hours, knocking out the French veteran in his twentieth and remaining Australian Open.
Lorenzo Musetti superior to the second spherical after he secured a win over his Belgian opponent Raphael Collignon, who retired after trailing 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, 3-2. Musetti will play fellow Italian Lorenzo Sonego within the second spherical.
In the ladies’s singles first spherical, defending champion Madison Keys survived a nervy match as she defeated Ukraine’s Oleksandra Oliynykova to maneuver to the second spherical of the Australian Open 2026 occasion. Keys misplaced the opening 4 video games, clawed her manner again to a tie-break and needed to save two set factors earlier than lastly stress-free and pulling away to win 7-6 (8-6), 6-1.
Two-time champion Naomi Osaka additionally registered a cushty win in opposition to Croatian Antonia Ruzic 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Elena Rybakina additionally began her marketing campaign on a formidable observe with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Kaja Juvan in a match that lasted simply 72 minutes, firing 22 winners previous the Slovenian. (ANI)