Australian Open: Moutet knocks out home hope Popyrin to book spot in second round
Corentin Moutet edged out Alexei Popyrin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday night. He’ll face American qualifier Mitchell Krueger in the next round
Frenchman Corentin Moutet moved into the second round of the Australian Open by edging out Australian Alexei Popyrin, the No 25 seed, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 at Melbourne Park.
Moutet, ranked No 69, will play American qualifier Mitchell Krueger next.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):
- Andrey Rublev vs. Joao Fonseca: tuesday
- Pablo Carreno Busta beat Kamil Majchrzak (Q): 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
- Alex De Minaur (8) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-1, 7-5, 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (8)
- Marcos Giron beat Yannick Hanfmann: 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 7-5
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Flavio Cobolli (32): 6-7 (8), 6-3, 7-5, 6-1
- Mitchell Krueger beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
- Tristan Boyer (Q) beat Federico Coria: 6-3, 6-7 (3), 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 6-4, 5-7, 7-5, 7-5
- Ben Shelton (21) beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-5
- Lorenzo Musetti (16) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Daniel Altmaier beat Francisco Comesana: 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4
- Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Kasidit Samrej (WC): 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Facundo Diaz Acosta beat Zizou Bergs: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (18) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
- Gael Monfils beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (30): 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-4
- Francisco Cerundolo (31) beat Alexander Bublik: 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-2
- Cristian Garin (Q) beat Borna Coric: 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
- Learner Tien (Q) beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
- Taylor Fritz (4) beat Jenson Brooksby: 6-2, 6-0, 6-3
- Holger Rune (13) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
- Karen Khachanov (19) beat Adrian Mannarino: 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-3
- Gabriel Diallo beat Luca Nardi: 6-7 (1), 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
- Matteo Berrettini beat Cameron Norrie: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Dusan Lajovic: 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-5
- Francesco Passaro (LL) beat Grigor Dimitrov (10): 7-5, 2-1 ret.
- Benjamin Bonzi beat David Goffin: 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (7)
- Jacob Fearnley beat Nick Kyrgios: 7-6 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (2)
- Novak Djokovic (7) beat Nishesh Basavareddy (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 7-5, 6-1
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Juncheng Shang: 7-6 (1), 5-2 ret.
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (29) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
- Jaime Faria (Q) beat Pavel Kotov: 6-1, 6-1, 7-5
- Sebastian Korda (22) beat Lukas Klein (Q): 6-3, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
- Yoshihito Nishioka beat Aziz Dougaz (Q): 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Arthur Cazaux beat Sebastian Baez (28): 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
- Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Roman Safiullin: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Jack Draper (15) beat Mariano Navone: 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Aleksandar Vukic beat Damir Dzumhur: 6-7 (3), 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Tristan Schoolkate (WC) beat Taro Daniel: 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-4
- Jordan Thompson (27) beat Dominik Koepfer (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-1
- James McCabe (WC) beat Martin Landaluce (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
- James Duckworth beat Dominic Stricker: 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
- Fabian Marozsan beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 5-7, 7-5
- Nuno Borges beat Alexandre Muller: 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2, 7-5
- 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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