Sinner jostled, Tsitsipas eliminated, Gauff in control (Night in Melbourne)

A big name had to make the news with a premature defeat and it fell on Stefanos Tsitsipas (12th in the ATP), knocked out in the first round by the American Alex Michelsen (42nd) in four sets ( 7-5, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4), this Monday. After a disappointing 2024 season, the Greek does not yet seem to have found the solution to bounce back. Finalist in Melbourne in 2023, this year he experienced his earliest elimination since 2018 and an exit in the first round against Denis Shapovalov. “I started my match very slowly, it frustrated me a little and made me doubt. I felt like I wasn’t hitting the ball hard enough today. »