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MELBOURNE, Australia – Finally, after all the preliminaries, the main event begins at Melbourne Park.
And as the order of play was released shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday, Novak Djokovic remains on to play a night match.
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Australian Open
Monday, January 17, 2022
Men’s singles, first round
Final results
Canadian content
[14] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) def. Laslo Djere (SRB) 76 (3) 64 36 6 (3)
[31] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def. [Q] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) 62 62 63
Five-setters
[16] Cristian Garin (CHI) def. Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 63 64 57 67 (4) 63
[18] Aslan Karatsev (RUS) def. Jaume Munar (ESP) 36 76 (1) 67 (3) 64 64
Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) def Holger Rune (DEN) 36 64 36 63 62
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) def Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 63 46 61 67 (6) 61
Upsets
Sebastian Korda (USA) def [12] Cameron Norrie (GBR) 63 60 64
[WC] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) def [30] Lloyd Harris (RSA) 46 63 75 76 (3)
Seeds advancing
[3] Alexander Zverev (GER) def. Daniel Altmaier (GER) 76 (3) 61 76 (1)
[6] Rafael Nadal (ESP) def. Marcos Giron (USA) 61 64 62
[7] Matteo Berrettini (ITA) def. Brandon Nakashima (USA) 46 62 76 (5) 63
[10] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def Egor Gerasimov (BLR) 62 76 (3) 67 (5) 63
[17] Gaël Monfils (FRA) def Federico Coria (ARG) 61 61 63
[19] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) def [Q] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 61 62 76 (2)
[23] Reilly Opelka (USA) def. Kevin Anderson (RSA) 63 64 76 (3)
[25] Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) def. Sam Querrey (USA) 75 63 63
[28] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def Denis Kudla (USA) 36 63 62 76 (2)
Other results (in alphabetical order)
[Q] Radu Albot (MDA) def Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 63 64 46 62
Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) def Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 63 63 63
Alexander Bublik (KAZ) def [LL] Ernesto Escobedo (USA) 36 76 (5) 63 63
Tallon Griekspoor (NED) def Fabio Fognini (ITA) 61 64 64
Yannick Hanfmann (GER) def Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 62 63 62
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) [LL] Salvatore Caruso (ITA) 64 62 61
Dominik Koepfer (GER) def. Carlos Taberner (ESP) 61 36 64 61
[WC] Stefan Kozlov (USA) def Jiri Vesely (CZE) 75 63 64
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) def James Duckworth (AUS) 64 26 36 62 61
Pedro Martinez (ESP) def Federico Delbonis (ARG) 76 (15) 36 64 62
Mackenzie McDonald (USA) def. [Q] Nikola Milojevic (SRB) 57 64 63 62
John Millman (AUS) def Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 61 63 46 75
Corentin Moutet (FRA) def [WC] Lucas Pouille (FRA) 36 63 64 63
Oscar Otte (GER) def [WC] Tseng Chun-Hsin (TPE) 64 63 62
Tommy Paul (USA) def. [Q] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 63 64 62
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