The first day at the men’s tournament at the Australian Open began with Nicolas Almagro’s withdrawal against Jeremy Chardy after just four games.
Jo Wilfried Tsonga lost a set, but eventually edged past Thiago Monteiro 6-1 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 showing a sparkling tennis.
In a match that has made the players spend a lot in terms of physical energies, Victor Estrella Burgos defeated Great Britain’s Aljaz Bedene in four sets 7-6 (9-7) 7-5 0-6 6-3. Russian rising star Karen Khachanov beat Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 6-4 3-6 7-6 (11-9) 6-3.
Sam Querrey recovered from one set down to edge young Frenchman Halys 6-7 (10-12) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-4 in 4 sets in a match dominated by serve. Malek Jaziri beat Go Soeda 6-3 6-4 6-3.
In an all American match Noah Rubin recovered from two sets to one down to edge Bjorn Fratangelo 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 3-6 6-2 6-2.
Israel’s Dudi Sela confirmed his good shape he had already shown in Chennai by winning against Marcel Granollers 5-7 6-3 6-2 6-0.
On court 13 22nd seed Pablo Cuevas, lost to Argentinian Diego Schwartzman 6-3 6-3 6-0.
Mischa Zverev followed up his recent good results shown in the final part of 2016 with a 6-3 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 win over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez . Ryan Harrison eased past Nicholas Mahut 6-3 6-4 6-2..
Number 26 seed Albert Ramos Vinolas was defeated in five sets by Lukas Lacko 4-6 7-5 1-6 6-2 6-2. Russian rising star Andrey Rublev won in four sets against Yen-Hsun Lu 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-0) 6-3.
John Isner lost the only at the tie-break but beat Konstantin Kravchuk in four sets 6-3 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-1. Steve Johnson defeated Federico Delbonis 6-3 6-4 6-4.
Viktor Troicki took a two-set lead but eventually managed to win only in five sets against Damir Dzumhur by 6-4 6-4 2-6 2-6 6-3.
Dusan Lajovic defeated Robert 6-3 6-3 6-3. In the last match of the day Steve Darcis recovered from one set down to beat Sam Groth in four sets 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2.
