Australian Open: Tiafoe survives five-setter against Rinderknech
Frances Tiafoe won against Arthur Rinderknech 7-6 (2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-3 on Monday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild and Hungarian Fabian Marozsan in the next round
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American Frances Tiafoe, the No 17 seed, reached the second round of the Australian Open by beating Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 7-6 (2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-3 at Melbourne Park on Monday.
Tiafoe, ranked No 16, will face the winner of the match between Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild and Hungarian Fabian Marozsan next.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):
- Andrey Rublev vs. Joao Fonseca
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Corentin Moutet
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Alex De Minaur
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Denis Shapovalov
- Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Kamil Majchrzak
- Tristan Boyer vs. Federico Coria
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Flavio Cobolli
- Marcos Giron vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Mitchell Krueger
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Kasidit Samrej vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Francisco Comesana vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Zizou Bergs
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Learner Tien
- Gael Monfils vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Borna Coric vs. Cristian Garin
- Taylor Fritz vs. Jenson Brooksby
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alexander Bublik
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Holger Rune
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Karen Khachanov
- Gabriel Diallo vs. Luca Nardi
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Cameron Norrie
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Jacob Fearnley vs. Nick Kyrgios
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Novak Djokovic vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Juncheng Shang vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Tommy Paul
- Fabio Fognini vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- David Goffin vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Jaime Faria vs. Pavel Kotov
- Sebastian Baez vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Aziz Dougaz
- Lukas Klein vs. Sebastian Korda
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Roman Safiullin
- Jack Draper vs. Mariano Navone
- Damir Dzumhur vs. Aleksandar Vukic: monday
- Tristan Schoolkate vs. Taro Daniel: monday
- Jordan Thompson vs. Dominik Koepfer: monday
- Jannik Sinner vs. Nicolas Jarry: monday
- James McCabe vs. Martin Landaluce: monday
- James Duckworth beat Dominic Stricker: 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
- Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Fabian Marozsan: monday
- Alexandre Muller vs. Nuno Borges: monday
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Alejandro Tabilo (23): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (1)
- Jakub Mensik beat Nikoloz Basilashvili (Q): 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3
- Alex Michelsen beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (11): 7-5, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
- Alexander Zverev (2) beat Lucas Pouille (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Quentin Halys beat Adam Walton: 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 7-5
- Reilly Opelka beat Gauthier Onclin (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2
- Ugo Humbert (14) beat Matteo Gigante (Q): 7-6 (5), 7-5, 6-4
- Pedro Martinez Portero beat Luciano Darderi: 6-3, 4-1 ret.
- Tomas Machac (26) beat Sumit Nagal: 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
- Jiri Lehecka (24) beat Li Tu (WC): 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1)
- Hady Habib (Q) beat Yunchaokete Bu: 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (6)
- Casper Ruud (6) beat Jaume Munar: 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
- Kei Nishikori beat Thiago Monteiro (Q): 4-6, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Arthur Fils (20) beat Otto Virtanen: 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4
- Hugo Gaston beat Omar Jasika (WC): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
