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MELBOURNE, Australia – It’s the 2022 Australian Open debut for Félix Auger-Aliassime, who faces a good challenge in his first round.

Auger-Aliassime plays Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori, whom the Canadian said was definitely a better player than his current ranking, and with whom he’s practiced several times.

2022 Australian Open – Day 2 women’s final results

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Australian Open
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Men’s singles, first round
Final results

Canadian content

[9] Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def. Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 64 06 36 63 64

Five setters

[WC] Andy Murray (GBR) def [21] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 61 36 64 67 (5) 64
Maxime Cressy (FRA) def [22] John Isner (USA) 76 (2) 75 67 (4) 67 (4) 64
Frances Tiafoe (USA) def. Marco Trungelliti (ARG) 36 64 62 36 63

Other upsets

Richard Gasquet (FRA) def [29] Ugo Humbert (FRA) 36 76 (4) 76 (3) 63

Seeds advancing

[2] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def. Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 61 64 76 (3)
[4] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GERE) vs. Mikael Ymer (SUI) 62 64 63
[5] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. Gianluca Mager (ITA) 63 62 62
[11] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def [LL] Joao Sousa (POR) 63 64 75
[13] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) def Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 63 64 75
[15] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) def. Stefano Travaglia (ITA) 76 (2) 64 57 61
[20] Taylor Fritz (USA) def. [Q] Maximilian Marterer (GER) 76 (8) 63 62
[24] Dan Evans (GBR) def. David Goffin (BEL) 64 63 60
[26] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def. [Q] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) 64 46 63 75
[27] Marin Cilic (CRO) def. [Q] Emilio Gomez (ECU) 63 61 62
[32] Alex de Minaur (AUS) def. Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 36 63 60 63

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Pablo Andujar (ESP) def. ~~Ilya Ivashka (BLR)~~ [LL] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 61 75 61
Sebastian Baez (ARG) def Albert Ramos-Viñolas (ESP) 64 46 63 16 62
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) def Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 61 36 26 63 64
[Q] Taro Daniel (JPN) def. [Q] Tomas Barrios Vera (CHI) 76 (5) 61 61
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (AUS) def [WC] Alex Bolt (AUS) 63 63 64
[Q] Norbert Gombos (SVK) def [Q] Timofey Skatov (KAZ) 63 62 16 64
Nick Kyrgios (AUS) def. [Q] Liam Broady (GBR) 64 64 63
Alex Molcan (SVK) def [8] Casper Ruud (NOR) [LL] Roman Safiullin (RUS) 63 76 (9) 57 76 (6)
Steve Johnson (USA) def. Jordan Thompson (AUS) 76 (5) 67 (6) 46 63 63
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) def. Marco Cecchinato (ITA) 64 75 76 (0)
Kamil Majchrzak (POL) def Andreas Seppi (ITA) 61 61 75
[Q] Tomas Machac (CZE) def Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG) 63 26 64 62
[WC] Christopher O’Connell (AUS) def Hugo Gaston (FRA) 76 (4) 60 46 61
Benoit Paire (FRA) def. Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 64 36 75 26 75
Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) def. Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 75 46 62 36 63
Botic Van de Zandschulp (NED) def Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 64 63 62