The only tennis player from the big three who plays on Australian Open started with a victory at the first annual Grand Slam tournament. The Spaniard routinely beat the American Marcos Giron in the first round with 6: 1,6: 4,6: 2 in less than two hours.

Nadal, who is ranked sixth, will play in the second round with the German Huffman who was better than Kokinakis.
At the press conference after the match, the journalists were interested in what he thought of Novak ковиokovi..

- I do not know, somehow I'm tired of it. Last week after receiving his first verdict and being able to get a visa and train. I said that the Court had its say. Another thing is what I personally think about the whole situation. The ideal situation with sports is for the best athletes to compete in the biggest tournaments. It would have been better for everyone if Novak was here and there are no dilemmas in that. But something else happened and I can not say anything because the situation is clear - Nadal said.

Denis Shapovalov also had a confident performance, beating Gere 3: 1 in sets, Alcaraz lost only seven games to the Chilean Tabillo, while Monfils lost only five games to Correa. Kachanov, Kareno-Busta, Hurkach also secured a place in the second round.

In the women's competition, defending trophy champion Naomi Osaka started her performance in Melbourne with a 6: 3,6, 3: XNUMX victory over Maria Osorio Serrano.

In the second round, Osaka will play against Madison Brengle from the USA, to whom the opponent Jastremska handed over the match in the third set.

Eighth seed Marija Sakari with 6: 4,7: 6 was better than Tatjana Marija, while Belinda Benчиiќ defeated Mladenovi. In two sets.