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MELBOURNE, Australia – In addition to Mboko and Stakusic on the women’s side, Monday had Félix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov and Cana-Chilean Alejandro Tabilo on the docket on the men’s side.
It’s a lot.
Auger-Aliassime got the large but rather atmosphere-less John Cain Arena (Unless you’re Nick Kyrgios or playing an Aussie) against the solid Nuno Borges. But he also got cramps.
Shapovalov gets the 23-year-old Chinese player Bu Yunchaokete, whom he said Friday was a far better player than his ranking suggests. But he was impressive and wants everyone to know he didn’t hit a single double fault!
(Auckland is 18 hours ahead of ET and Adelaide 15 1/2 hours ahead)
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Category: Grand Slam
Dates: Jan. 18 – Feb. 1, 2026
Prize money: $111,500,000 (AUD)
Draws: S128 – D64
Monday, Jan. 19, 2026
Final results
Men’s singles, first round
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Canadian content
BORGES, Nuno (POR) def [7] AUGER-ALIASSIME, Felix (CAN) 36 64 64 retd
HALYS, Quentin (FRA) def. TABILO, Alejandro (CHI) 62 62 76 (2)
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Extra time
MULLER, Alexandre (FRA) def POPYRIN, Alexei (AUS) 26 63 36 76 (5) 76 [10-4]
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Five-setters
[25] TIEN, Learner (USA) def GIRON, Marcos (USA) 76 (2) 46 36 76 (3) 62
MAESTRELLI, Francesco (ITA) def ATMANE, Terence (FRA) 64 36 67 (4) 61 61
MUNAR, Jaume (ESP) def. SVRCINA, Dalibor (CZE) 36 62 67 (5) 75 63
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Upsets
[Q] GEA, Arthur (FRA) def [17] LEHECKA, Jiri (CZE) 75 76 (1) 75
MAROZSAN, Fabian (HUN) def [24] RINDERKNECH, Arthur (FRA) 63 64 67 (2) 64
VAN DE ZANDSCHULP, Botic (NED) def [27] NAKASHIMA, Brandon (USA) 63 46 76 (1) 76 (3)
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Wild cards rule
[WC] HIJIKATA, Rinky (AUS) def MANNARINO, Adrian (FRA) 63 63 61
[WC] THOMPSON, Jordan (AUS) def CERUNDOLO, Juan Manuel (ARG) 67 (3) 75 61 61
[WC] WAWRINKA, Stan (SUI) def DJERE, Laslo (SRB) 57 73 74 76 (4)
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Seeds rolling
[4] DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB) def MARTINEZ, Pedro (ESP) 63 62 62
[6] DE MINAUR, Alex (AUS) def BERRETTINI, Matteo (ITA) [LL] McDONALD, Mackenzie (USA) 62 62 63
[11] MEDVEDEV, Daniil (RUS) def DE JONG, Jesper (NED) 75 62 76 (2)
[12] RUUD, Casper (NOR) def BELLUCCI, Mattia (ITA) 61 62 64
[13] RUBLEV, Andrey (RUS) def ARNALDI, Matteo (ITA) 64 62 63
[14] DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, Alejandro (ESP) def MISOLIC, Filip (AUT) 62 63 63
[19] PAUL, Tommy (USA) def KOVACEVIC, Aleksandar (USA) 64 63 63
[30] VACHEROT, Valentin (MON) def [Q] DAMM, Martin (USA) 64 64 64
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Other results (in alphabetical order
CILIC, Marin (CRO) def ALTMAIER, Daniel (GER) 60 60 76 (3)
MAJCHRZAK, Kamil (POL) def FEARNLEY, Jacob (GBR) 76 (2) 75 36 76 (3)
MEDJEDOVIC, Hamad (SRB) def NAVONE, Mariano (ARG) 62 67 (3) 64 62
OPELKA, Reilly (USA) def [Q] BUDKOV KJAER, Nicolai (NOR) 64 63 64
SHANG, Juncheng (CHN) def. BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto (ESP) 64 67 (2) 64 60
SHEVCHENKO, Alexander (KAZ) def [Q] EMER, Elias (SWE) 36 75 64 61
TIRANTE, Thiago Agustin (ARG) def VUKIC, Aleksandar (AUS) 75 62 62
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