The adventure of world number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic starts well here at the Australian Open. The Serbian tennis player has no problem beating Frenchman Jeremy Chardy, who is not a major obstacle in this first round of the tournament.
In the previous one Djokovic had a 13-0 lead without conceding sets and also this time in the fourteenth meeting, he conceded almost nothing to Chardy and finished with a score of 6-3; 6-1; 6-2.
Also good start for the world number 3, Dominic Thiem who wins in three sets against Kazakh Kukushkin: the Austrian struggles in the first set where he loses his serve several times and must reach the tie-break to close it, the other two sets seem rather a formality.
Well the two ‘Bad Boys’ of the circuit Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic: the first win without problem with three sets to zero while Tomic takes advantage of the abandonment of his opponent, the Japanese Sugita.
Stefano Travaglia can not come, still tired of the ATP 250 in Melbourne: the blue falls in three sets against the American Tiafoe, fighting in the first where he reaches the tie-break but in the end he crashes in the other two.
Mager also comes out in three sets which clearly gives way against Russian Karatsev and falls in three sets with a result of 6-3; 6-3; 6-4. Pair is between the seeds, beaten in four sets against Gerasimov.
In two of the big matches of the day, Pablo Carreno Busta freed himself without particular problems from the Japanese Kei Nishikori while a Marin Cilic who seemed out of condition easily joined the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
Nick Kyrgios insisted that Roger Federer is the GOAT and said: “Talent wise, Nadal and Djokovic are not even close to Roger. ”
Nick Kyrgios on Roger Federer
“Rafael Nadal, I actually think I compare myself pretty well to Nadal.
I can hit a big serve and play the right style of tennis to be successful against him. Styles make fights in tennis. All matches are different, ”said Nick Kyrgios. “Roger Federer cut me two or three times.
Roger Federer sometimes makes you feel like you are really bad at tennis. He walks around, he shakes his head, and I don’t even know what I’m doing here. Roger is the greatest, for me. But Novak Djokovic, obviously what he’s doing now, listen, I watch him play Chardy and Chardy doesn’t even believe he can win, and when you reach that status you have to be pretty good. ”
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