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MELBOURNE, Australia – Here we go, for the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2023 season.
All three Canadian men in the singles draw were in action on Monday.
And two of them are against each other.
Félix Auger-Aliassime, the No. 6 seed, took on Davis Cup teammate Vasek Pospisil in a match that was originally on Kia Arena, but moved on Saturday to be the last one on John Cain Arena.
That’s a much bigger arena, but one with a lot less atmosphere. Still, it took nearly four hours for the No. 6 seed to take out his countryman, who struggled physically – something that’s been a challenge through his entire career.
Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of Eastern time.
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AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan 16 – 29, 2023
Draw size: S128 / D64 / XD32
Monday, Jan. 16, 2023
Final results
Canadian content
[6] Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def. Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 16 76 (4) 76 (4) 63
[20] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) def. Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 64 46 64 61
Superbreakers
[PR] Lloyd Harris (RSA) def. [17] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 64 61 67 (0) 26 76 [10-4]
Five-setters
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) def. Federico Coria (ARG) 46 75 26 76 (6) 62
Mackenzie McDonald (USA) def Brandon Nakashima (USA) 76 (5) 76 (1) 16 67 (10) 64
Alex Molcan (SVK) def Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 67 (3) 63 16 76 (2) 64
Corentin Moutet (FRA) def. [WC] Wu Yibing (CHN) 64 57 62 46 75
Upsets
Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def [21] Borna Coric (CRO) 63 63 63
Wild Cards rule (esp. Aussie wild cards)
[WC] Chris Eubanks (USA) def Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) 63 67 (1) 63 46 64
[WC] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) def [Q] Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 46 46 63 76 (5) 63
[WC] Jason Kubler (AUS) def Sebastian Baez (ARG) 64 64 64
[WC] John Millman (AUS) def. Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI) 67 (8) 75 67 (2) 62 63
Qualifiers also rule
[Q] Juncheng Shang (CHN) def Oscar Otte (GER) 62 64 67 (2) 75
[Q] Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) def Jaume Munar (ESP) 63 62 62
[Q] Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) def Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 63 63 62
Tallon Griekspoor (NED) def. [LL] Pavel Kotov (RUS) 63 76 (3) 63
Seeds advancing
[1] Rafael Nadal (ESP) def. Jack Draper (GBR) 75 26 64 61
[3] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def Quentin Halys (FRA) 63 64 76 (6)
[7] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def. Marcos Giron (USA) 60 61 62
[10] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def Pedro Martinez (ESP) 76 (1) 62 62
[11] Cameron Norrie (GBR) def. [WC] Luca Van Assche (FRA) 76 (3) 60 63
[15] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def. [PR] Kyle Edmund (GBR) 64 60 62
[16] Frances Tiafoe (USA) def Daniel Altmaier (GER) 63 63 67 (5) 76 (6)
[18] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def. Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) 76 (3) 62 60
[28] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) def. [PR] Guido Pella (ARG) 64 64 63
[29] Sebastian Korda (USA) def. Cristian Garin (CHI) 64 16 63 62
[31] Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) def Mikael Ymer (SWE) 64 62 75
[32] Botic Van de Zandschulp (NED) def. Ilya Ivashka (BLR) 63 36 75 63
Other results (in alphabetical order)
Taro Daniel (JPN) def. [Q] Ernesto Escobedo (MEX) 75 62 36 63
Tomas Etcheverry (ARG) def. Grégoire Barrere (FRA) 36 63 64 64
Constant Lestienne (FRA) def Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 63 76 (2) 63
Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) def. Nuno Borges (POR) 76 (4) 63 67 (6) 61
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