Australian Open: Lehecka straight sets Coric to cause first upset on men’s side

Czech Jiri Lehecka caused the first upset on the men’s side of the Australian Open with a straight sets win over 21st seed Borna Coric, of Croatia.

Lehecka defeated Coric, the reigning Cincinnati Masters champion, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 to move into the second round at Melbourne Park on Monday.

The Czech, ranked No 71, will face the winner of the match between American wildcard Christopher Eubanks and SoonWoo Kwon for a place in the third round.

Australian Open (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 24,297,942, most recent results first):

• Karen Khachanov (18) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-0
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1), 1-6, 6-7 (10), 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Pavel Kotov (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Denis Shapovalov (20) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Yoshihito Nishioka (31) beat Mikael Ymer: 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
• Sebastian Korda (29) beat Cristian Garin: 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Hubert Hurkacz (10) beat Pedro Martinez: 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-2
• Corentin Moutet beat Yibing Wu (WC): 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
• Francisco Cerundolo (28) beat Guido Pella: 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (15) beat Kyle Edmund: 6-4, 6-0, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Gregoire Barrere: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Botic van de Zandschulp (32) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
• Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Oscar Otte: 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Novak Djokovic
• Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Alex De Minaur
• Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Alexander Zverev
• Denis Kudla vs. Roman Safiullin
• João Sousa vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Brandon Holt
• Enzo Couacaud vs. Hugo Dellien
• Richard Gasquet vs. Ugo Humbert
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Jenson Brooksby
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Fabio Fognini
• Chun-Hsin Tseng vs. Alexei Popyrin
• John Isner vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Tomas Machac vs. Casper Ruud
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Tommy Paul
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Andy Murray
• David Goffin vs. Laurent Lokoli
• Ben Shelton vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Taylor Fritz vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
• Maxime Cressy vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Max Purcell vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Alexander Bublik
• J.J. Wolf vs. Jordan Thompson
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Pedro Cachin
• Filip Krajinovic vs. Holger Rune
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Oleksii Krutykh
• Zizou Bergs vs. Laslo Djere
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Aslan Karatsev
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Facundo Bagnis vs. Daniel Evans
• Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Jeremy Chardy
• Andrey Rublev vs. Dominic Thiem
• Marcos Giron vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Quentin Halys
• Thiago Monteiro vs. Constant Lestienne
• Cameron Norrie vs. Luca Van Assche
• Vasek Pospisil vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Lloyd Harris
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Alex Molcan vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Federico Coria vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Christopher Eubanks vs. SoonWoo Kwon
• John Millman vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
• Jaume Munar vs. Dalibor Svrcina
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Nuno Borges
• Sebastian Baez vs. Jason Kubler
• Ernesto Escobedo vs. Taro Daniel
• Rafael Nadal vs. Jack Draper
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Frances Tiafoe

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