Australian Open: Borges beats in-form Muller
Nuno Borges edged out Alexandre Muller 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 on Monday and will face the winner of the match between Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 27 seed, and German qualifier Dominik Koepfer in the next round
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Portuguese Nuno Borges edged out Frenchman Alexandre Muller 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.
Borges, ranked No 33, will face the winner of the match between Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 27 seed, and German qualifier Dominik Koepfer 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
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Tommy Paul
- Juncheng Shang vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Fabio Fognini vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- David Goffin vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Jaime Faria vs. Pavel Kotov
- Lukas Klein vs. Sebastian Korda
- Sebastian Baez vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Aziz Dougaz
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Roman Safiullin: monday
- Jack Draper vs. Mariano Navone: monday
- 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 (WC) beat Martin Landaluce (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
- James Duckworth beat Dominic Stricker: 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
- Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Fabian Marozsan: 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
- Frances Tiafoe (17) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 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
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