In the 2nd round, the four-time Grand Slam winner will play against the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (65th), who on Monday disposed of the Tunisian qualifier Aziz Dougaz (231st) in four sets 6-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3 ) and 6-3.
Alcaraz started the game very well, winning the first set 6-1 in less than half an hour before taking a break ahead in the second (3-1). Shevchenko then rebelled: after erasing his break behind (3-3), he in turn stole the Spaniard’s throw-in to take control (4-5, service to follow). But the world No.3 immediately gave him back, lining up four games to win the second set 7-5. The Spaniard, quarter-finalist in Melbourne in 2024, then quietly concluded in the last set, won by the same score as the first (6-1).
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