Aurélie Sacchelli, Media365, published on Thursday January 16, 2025 at 12:38 p.m.
World No. 1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner lost a set against Australian Tristan Schoolkate but ended up winning, unlike world No. 16 and No. 17 Frances Tiafoe and Hubert Hurkacz. Holger Rune, Alex Di Minaur and Lorenzo Musetti will also see the third round of the Australian Open.
A little scare, but the main thing is assured for Jannik Sinner. The defending champion will see the third round of the Australian Open, after his victory in four sets over the Australian guest Tristan Schoolkate, 173rd, with a score of 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6 -3 in 2h49. The Italian, author of 14 aces, only had one break point to defend throughout the match, but he did not save it, and the Australian took the opportunity to pocket the first set. It was 5-4 in his favor, and the world No. 1 completely missed his service game, finding himself trailing 0-40. Schoolkate took advantage of the gift, but as expected, it didn’t take long for Sinner to wake up. He broke at 3-3 in the second set and equalized at one set all, before unfolding in the third (breaks at 0-0, 2-0 and 5-1), then winning the fourth by taking the opposing service at 1-0. Nothing to worry about for the world No. 1, who will face Marcos Giron in the next round. Another Australian, however, managed to qualify, in the person of world No. 8 Alex De Minaur, who defeated Tristan Boyer with a score of 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 in 2 hours, losing only his serve only once, from the start. Next opponent: world No. 31 Francisco Cerundolo, who led 6-2, 1-0 after 36 minutes against the Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta, before seeing his compatriot, injured in his right leg, give up.
Rune, Shelton and Musetti hold their place
World number 13, Holger Rune had to battle for four sets and 3h25, but he will be well in the third round, after his 7-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 success over Matteo Berrettini, in a seven-way match breaks where he saved two first set balls at 5-4 and two fourth set balls at 6-5, before winning both sets in the tiebreaker (7-3 then 8-6). The Dane will face Miomir Kecmanovic, who created a surprise by beating world No. 17 Hubert Hurkacz in three sets: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in 1h47 without ever being broken. Victory in three sets also for world No. 15 Lorenzo Musetti, to the detriment of Denis Shapovalov: 7-6, 7-6, 6-2 in 2h39, helped by the Canadian’s 15 double-faults. The Italian will face for a place in the second week Ben Shelton (20th), who beat Pablo Carreno Busta with a score of 6-3, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 in 2h37, thanks to 17 aces and no breaks conceded. Former semi-finalist of the tournament, Karen Khachanov continues her journey, after her victory 7-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in 3h16 over Gabriel Diallo. Finally, the other big surprise of the day came from the elimination of world No. 16 Frances Tiafoe, beaten in five sets and 3 hours 19 minutes of play by Fabian Marozsan: 6-7, 4-6, 3-6, 6- 4, 6-1. With a total of 37 break points to defend and 16 double-faults, the two players were not having a great day in service.
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