Emma Raducanu and Cameron Norrie have been winners on the primary day of the Australian Open however Jack Draper struggled with cramp throughout a four-set loss to Rafael Nadal.
The 21-year-old Draper took the second set towards the defending champion earlier than fading in a 7-5 2-6 6-4 6-1 defeat whereas Raducanu put issues over an ankle harm behind her to arrange a conflict with Coco Gauff.
Women’s prime seed Iga Swiatek battled previous Jule Niemeier however the event misplaced one among its greatest names as Nick Kyrgios pulled out with a knee harm forward of his scheduled first-round match.
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I’m devastated, clearly. It’s my residence event. I’ve had some nice recollections right here.
Kyrgios on his withdrawal
Breaking new floor
The 17-year-old is one to observe in Melbourne this week.
Curse of Netflix?
It has been inconceivable to flee the launch of Netflix’s behind-the-scenes documentary sequence Break Point at Melbourne Park. But gamers might imagine twice about collaborating in future editions given three of the primary protagonists – Paula Badosa, Ajla Tomljanovic and Kyrgios – have now withdrawn from the event by way of harm.
Racket thriller
There was a weird second throughout the first set on Rod Laver.
Raducanu nutty about coconut water
Raducanu has arrived at each her press conferences at Melbourne Park up to now ingesting from a coconut. She revealed it was love at first sip, saying: “It’s so good. I used to hate coconuts actually until the Australian Open last year, and then I had it and it’s a game changer.”
Fallen seeds
Women: Marie Bouzkova (25), Amanda Anisimova (28)Men: Lorenzo Musetti (17), Borna Coric (21)
Who’s up subsequent?
Andy Murray will attempt to trigger an upset on Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday when he takes on thirteenth seed Matteo Berrettini.
Dan Evans is the opposite British participant in motion towards Argentina’s Facundo Bagnis whereas Novak Djokovic will take a look at out his troublesome hamstring within the evening session when he meets Roberto Carballes Baena.
Second seeds Casper Ruud and Ons Jabeur are additionally in motion and fifth seed Andrey Rublev performs former finalist Dominic Thiem.
