Andrey Rublev defeats Dominic Thiem in Melbourne Opener
Rublev awaits either Emil Ruusuvuori or Australian qualfiier Max Purcell in the second round.
Rublev awaits either Emil Ruusuvuori or Australian qualfiier Max Purcell in the second round.
The Italian Berrettini survived a scare in the second-set tie-break, trailing 1/5 after losing the first set. However, the second seed found his full range just in time, reeling off six consecutive points to clinch the set, before he raced away in the third set to advance after two hours and 16 minutes.
With the victory, Murray improves to 8-1 in first-round matches on the year. He next faces 14th seed Denis Shapovalov, who squeezed past lucky loser Ugo Humbert of France, 7-6(1), 6-3.
The third seed Thiem beat unseeded Kyrgios 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to progress to the fourth round of the year's first Major
From second set, Rafael Nadal couldn't think about anything to restrict Daniil Medvedev and squandered another chance to win the ATP Finals.
Dominic Thiem stated that he was ready to help people who are in need of the money but said that none of the lower-ranked players had an existential crisis.
Trailing by one set to two, Novak Djokovic eventually won 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 against Dominic Thiem to take home record 8th Australian Open title.
The top-seed Australian, Alcott, got the better of his British opponent Andy Lapthorne 6-0, 6-4 in the finals to complete his historic win on Saturday.
Djokovic will face the Austrian world number 5 Dominic Thiem in the final. Thiem had beaten German world number eight Alexander Zverev.
Last two sets were played on equal footing but the resilience of Thiem proved to be the major factor which led him to his first-ever Australian Open final.