Australian Open: Struff into second round after five sets v Hijikata

German Jan-Lennard Struff, the No 24 seed, reached the second round of the Australian Open by winning against Australian Rinky Hijikata 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (8) at Melbourne Park on Monday.

Struff, ranked No 25, will play Serb Miomir Kecmanovic next.

Hijikata was understandably disappointed after his exertions.

“The atmosphere was unreal,” he told reporters. “I mean, it always is when we play at home. It’s what we look forward to pretty much the entire year.

“Yeah, pretty gutted, but, I mean, I left it all out there.”

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):

• Richard Gasquet vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Alexander Zverev vs. Dominik Koepfer
• Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Sebastian Ofner vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Juncheng Shang
• Alexander Bublik vs. Sumit Nagal
• Tommy Paul vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Holger Rune vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• SoonWoo Kwon vs. Lukas Klein
• Marcos Giron vs. Jack Draper
• Max Purcell vs. Mate Valkusz
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Casper Ruud
• Dusan Lajovic vs. Giulio Zeppieri
• Cameron Norrie vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Jiri Lehecka
• James McCabe vs. Alex Michelsen
• Roman Safiullin vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Arthur Fils vs. Jiri Vesely
• Laslo Djere vs. Arthur Cazaux
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Dominic Thiem: monday
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Yosuke Watanuki: 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (9) beat Omar Jasika (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-2
• Alex De Minaur (10) beat Milos Raonic: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 2-0 ret.
• Hugo Grenier (Q) beat Alexandre Muller: 2-6, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Nuno Borges beat Maximilian Marterer: 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Ugo Humbert (21) beat David Goffin (Q): 6-2, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
• Gael Monfils beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Federico Coria: 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (30) beat Andy Murray: 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
• Christopher Eubanks beat Taro Daniel: 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
• Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q) beat Alejandro Tabilo: 6-7 (2), 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Jordan Thompson beat Aleksandar Vukic: 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Karen Khachanov (15) beat Daniel Altmaier: 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3)
• Jakub Mensik (Q) beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-3, 7-5, 7-5
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) beat Zizou Bergs (LL): 5-7, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
• Luca Van Assche beat James Duckworth (WC): 6-7 (2), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Adrian Mannarino (20) beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
• Alexei Popyrin beat Marc Polmans (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23) beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Ben Shelton (16) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-2, 7-6 (2), 7-5
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Terence Atmane (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 1-0 ret.
• Emil Ruusuvuori beat Patrick Kypson (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Sebastian Korda (29) beat Vit Kopriva (Q): 6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2
• Flavio Cobolli (Q) beat Nicolas Jarry (18): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
• Lorenzo Musetti (25) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2
• Hugo Gaston (LL) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Frances Tiafoe (17) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 7-6 (7), 2-6, 6-3
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Dino Prizmic (Q): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4
• Quentin Halys beat Lloyd Harris (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (2)
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Jason Kubler (WC): 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (8)
• Sebastian Baez (26) beat J.J. Wolf: 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 3-0 ret.
• Taylor Fritz (12) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Jesper De Jong (Q) beat Pedro Cachin: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
• Christopher O’Connell beat Cristian Garin: 3-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
• Tomas Machac beat Shintaro Mochizuki (LL): 7-5, 6-1, 7-5
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (6)
• Fabian Marozsan beat Marin Čilić: 6-1, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Francisco Cerundolo (22) beat Dane Sweeny (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
• Pavel Kotov beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-5, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (4) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-4, 7-5, 6-3
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Adam Walton (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-4
• Jaume Munar beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1