Novak Djokovic (1st place, Serbia) and other powerhouses cruised on the first day of the season’s first major tennis tournament, the 2021 Australian Open (A$80 million in prize money).
Djokovic defeated Jeremy Shardy (61th place, France) 3-0 (6-3 6-1 6-) in the first round of men’s singles on the first day of the tournament held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia on the 8th (local time). 2) defeated it.
Djokovic, who has won the Australian Open men’s singles eight times in total and is particularly strong in this competition, will challenge for three consecutive victories in this year’s competition.
Djokovic has won the major tournaments 17 times so far and is ranked 3rd in the most men’s singles championships.
Together with Djokovic, Rafael Nadal (2nd place, Spain), who is named as a player with a high chance of winning, will play its first match on the 9th.
Last season’s Australian Open runner-up and US Open winner Dominique Team (3rd place, Austria) also turned Mikhail Kukushkin (90th place, Kazakhstan) 3-0 (7-6 6-2 6-3) in the second round. Climbed.
The team struggled, breaking the sub game at a game score of 5-5 in the first set.
However, he captured the subsequent Kukushukin’s sub-game at the end of the deuce and won the tie break and took the 1st set.
After that, he won the victory without a big crisis.
Alexander Zverev (7th, Germany) competing for the’next-generation ace’ position with the team made 3-1 (6-7 7-6 6-3 6-2) to Marcos Giron (75th, USA) I won.
There was no big surprise even in women’s singles.
In the morning game, Naomi Osaka (3rd place, Japan) and Serina Williams (11th place, USA) passed the first round, and the strongest players were winning one after another in the afternoon.
Simona Hallef (2nd place, Romania), who climbed to the semifinals of last year’s tournament, beat Ridette Cabrera (140th place, Australia) 2-0 (6-2 6-1) and started the challenge for the first championship of the tournament.
Iga Cibiontech (17th, Poland), who won the French Open last year, beat Aranza Russ (77th, Netherlands) 2-0 (6-1 6-3).
Angelique Kerber (25th, Germany), winner of three women’s singles and 23 seeds, including the Australian Open in 2016, was awarded 0-2 (0-6 4-) to Bernada Ferra (66th, USA). 6) lost.