3/3 for Arthur Cazaux! Third match in five sets of his career and third victory for the French player. He eliminated the Argentinian Sebastian Baez, seeded n°28 (6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3) and reached the second round of the Australian Open, this Monday morning at Melbourne Park.
A 3h43 fight which could well have turned in favor of Sebastian Baez, who led two sets to one and who had a break in advance in the fifth act. But Arthur Cazaux showed enormous mental strength to get through this Monday.
In the most important moments of the match, the Frenchman was able to be aggressive and dictate the exchanges to be master of his destiny. With 46 winning shots against only 22 for his opponent, Cazaux made the Argentinian bend thanks to his striking power.
This is the third consecutive time that the 78th in the world has passed the first round of a Grand Slam. He has not gone beyond this stage of the competition since his superb run at the Australian Open last year where he reached the round of 16.
Cazaux, ranked 78th in the ATP rankings, will face the winner of the upcoming match between Jacob Fearnley and Australian Nick Kyrgios in the second round of the Australian Grand Slam.
Other first round matches at the Australian Open (Grand Slam, Melbourne Park, hard, 60,627,573 USD, results displayed from newest to oldest):
- Andrey Rublev – Joao Fonseca: mardi program
- Alexei Popyrin – Corentin Moutet: scheduled for Tuesday
- Botic van de Zandschulp – Alex De Minaur: program mardi
- Lorenzo Sonego – Stan Wawrinka: scheduled on Tuesday
- Roberto Bautista Agut – Denis Shapovalov : scheduled Tuesday
- Pablo Carreno Busta – Kamil Majchrzak : mardi program
- Tristan Boyer – Federico Coria: scheduled for Tuesday
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry – Flavio Cobolli: scheduled for Tuesday
- Marcos Giron – Yannick Hanfmann: scheduled for Tuesday
- Rinky Hijikata – Mitchell Krueger : programmé mardi
- Matteo Arnaldi – Lorenzo Musetti: scheduled for Tuesday
- Ben Shelton – Brandon Nakashima: scheduled for Tuesday
- Kasidit Samrej – Daniil Medvedev : scheduled Tuesday
- Francisco Comesana – Daniel Altmaier : scheduled Tuesday
- Facundo Diaz Acosta – Zizou Bergs: scheduled for Tuesday
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli – Learner Tien: scheduled Tuesday
- Gael Monfils – Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: scheduled for Tuesday
- Borna Coric – Cristian Garin : scheduled on Tuesday
- Taylor Fritz – Jenson Brooksby: scheduled for Tuesday
- Francisco Cerundolo – Alexander Bublik: mardi program
- Hubert Hurkacz – Tallon Griekspoor: scheduled for Tuesday
- Zhizhen Zhang – Holger Rune: scheduled for Tuesday
- Adrian Mannarino – Karen Khachanov: to play
- Gabriel Diallo – Luca Nardi: to play
- Matteo Berrettini – Cameron Norrie: to play
- Miomir Kecmanovic – Dusan Lajovic: to play
- Christopher O’Connell – Tommy Paul: scheduled for Monday
- Francesco Passaro – Grigor Dimitrov: scheduled for Monday
- David Goffin – Benjamin Bonzi: scheduled for Monday
- Jacob Fearnley – Nick Kyrgios: scheduled for Monday
- Novak Djokovic – Nishesh Basavareddy : programme lundi
- Alexander Shevchenko – Carlos Alcaraz: scheduled for Monday
- Juncheng Shang – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: scheduled for Monday
- Jan-Lennard Struff – Felix Auger-Aliassime : scheduled on Monday
- Jaime Faria (Q) – Pavel Kotov: 6-1, 6-1, 7-5
- Lukas Klein – Sebastian Korda: scheduled Monday
- Yoshihito Nishioka – Aziz Dougaz (Q): 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 [3]6-3
- Thanasi Kokkinakis – Roman Safiullin : programmé lundi
- Jack Draper (N.15) – Mariano Navone: 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Aleksandar Vukic – Damir Dzumhur : 6-7 [3]6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Tristan Schoolkate (WC) – Taro Daniel : 6-7 [6]7-6 [4]6-1, 6-4
- Jordan Thompson (N.27) – Dominik Koepfer (Q) : 7-6 [3]6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (N.1) – Nicolas Jarry: 7-6 [2]7-6 [5]6-1
- James McCabe (WC) – Martin Landaluce (Q) : 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
- James Duckworth – Dominic Stricker : 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
- Fabian Marozsan – Thiago Seyboth Wild : 6-3, 6-7 [5]7-5, 5-7, 7-5
- Nuno Borges – Alexandre Muller : 6-7 [2]6-3, 6-2, 7-5
- Roberto Carballes Baena – Alejandro Tabilo (N.23): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 [1]
- Jakub Mensik – Nikoloz Basilashvili (Q) : 6-1, 6-7 [3]6-3, 6-3
- Frances Tiafoe (N.17) – Arthur Rinderknech : 7-6 [2]6-3, 4-6, 6-7 [4]6-3
- Alex Michelsen – Stefanos Tsitsipas (N.11) : 7-5, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
- Alexander Zverev (N.2) – Lucas Pouille (WC) : 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Quentin Halys – Adam Walton: 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 [4]7-5
- Reilly Opelka – Gauthier Onclin (Q) : 3-6, 7-6 [4]6-3, 6-2
- Ugo Humbert (N.14) – Matteo Gigante (Q): 7-6 [5]7-5, 6-4
- Pedro Martinez Goalkeeper – Luciano Darderi: Martinez Goalkeeper qualified (6-3, 4-1 ab.)
- Tomas Machac (N.26) – Sumit Nagal: 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
- Jiri Lehecka (N.24) – Li Tu (WC): 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 [1]
- Hady Habib (Q) – Yunchaokete Bu : 7-6 [4]6-4, 7-6 [6]
- Casper Ruud (N.6) – Jaume Munar : 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
- Kei Nishikori – Thiago Monteiro (Q): 4-6, 6-7 [4]7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Arthur Fils (N.20) – Otto Virtanen : 3-6, 7-6 [4]6-4, 6-4
- Hugo Gaston – Omar Jasika (WC) : 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
