Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray continued his tune-up for the Australian Open Tuesday, defeating Norway’s Viktor Durasovic 6-3, 6-1 in the opening spherical on the Sydney Tennis Classic.
It was the primary win in three years in Australia for Murray, who has battled hip accidents in current years. The 34-year-old Brit misplaced to Facundo Bagnis final week in Melbourne in his season opener. A five-time Australian Open finalist, Murray obtained a wild-card entry into the Grand Slam occasion.
American Maxime Cressy continued his sturdy begin to 2022 with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat of Adrian Mannarino of France. Cressy misplaced to Rafael Nadal on Sunday in the ultimate of the Melbourne Summer Set.
Other winners included No. 6 seed Dusan Lajovic and fellow Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, American Denis Kudla and Spaniard Pedro Martinez.
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Soonwoo Kwon of South Korea battled again from match level to oust No. 5 seed Lloyd Harris of South Africa 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 in Adelaide, Australia.
In different motion, No. 8 seed Marton Fucsovics of Hungary topped Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands 6-3, 7-6 (4) in one hour, 53 minutes. Next up for him is French qualifier Corentin Moutet, who fended off seven of eight break factors in his 6-2, 6-4 defeat of Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany.
Australian wild card Thanasi Kokkinakis defeated Benoit Paire of France 6-4, 6-0 in 70 minutes, shedding simply two service factors alongside the way in which, and subsequent will meet No. 2 seed John Isner. Italian Gianluca Mager beat Egor Gerasimov of Belarus 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 and can face No. 3 seed Karen Khachanov of Russia in the subsequent spherical.
–Field Level Media
