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While we doubt they’ve dropped the prices much, just six of the 16 men’s seeds in the bottom half of the draw were set to play on the first Sunday of the tournament – and even then, with a six-hour delay because of rain, some didn’t get on court.

This type of part schedule didn’t stop the place from being absolutely jammed while the sun was shining. And they got to see five-setters from Casper Ruud and Kei Nishikori (the latter coming back from an 0-2 set deficit).

(Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of ET).

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Australian Open
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Category: Grand Slam 
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Jan. 12-26, 2025
Prize Money: $96,500,000 AUD
Draws: S128 – D64

Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025
Final results

Injury retirements

Pedro Martinez (ESP) def Luciano Darderi (ITA) 63 41 retd

0-2 comebacks

Quentin Halys (FRA) def. Adam Walton (AUS) 46 46 64 76 (4) 75

[PR] Kei Nishikori (JPN) def. [Q] Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 46 67 (4) 75 62 63

Five-setters

[6] Casper Ruud (NOR) def Jaume Munar (ESP) 63 16 75 26 61

Seeds advancing

[2] Alexander Zverev (GER) def. [WC] Lucas Pouille (FRA) 64 64 64

[14] Ugo Humbert (FRA) def. [Q] Matteo Gigante (ITA) 76 (5) 75 64

[20] Arthur Fils (FRA) def. Otto Virtanen (FIN) 36 76 (4) 64 64

[24] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def. [WC] Li Tu (AUS) 61 36 63 76 (1)

[26] Tomas Machac (CZE) def Sumit Nagal (IND) 63 61 75

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Hugo Gaston (FRA) def [WC] Omar Jasika (AUS) 62 36 62 62

[Q] Hady Habib (LBN) def Bu Yunchaokete (CHN) 76 (4) 64 76 (6)

[PR] Reilly Opelka (USA) def. [Q] Gauthier Onclin (BEL) 36 76(4) 63 62

Cancelled

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) vs. Shang Juncheng (CHN)

Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) vs. Damir Dzumhur (BIH)

Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) vs. [Q] Aziz Dougaz (TUN)

Pavel Kotov (RUS) vs. [Q] Jaime Faria (POR)

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