The match lasted almost four hours.
Ukrainian tennis player, the first racket of the country Alexey Krutykh finished speaking at Australian Open-2023.
The Ukrainian made his debut in the main draw of the Grand Slam tournament. In the first round, Krutykh lost to the 26th racket of the world – Diego Schwartzman from Argentina.
The meeting lasted three hours and 57 minutes. The Ukrainian left the second game, which Krutykh took on a tiebreak (8:6). The fate of the meeting was decided in the fourth set, where Alexey lost the tiebreak (5:7).
Thus, from the representatives of Ukraine at the Australian Open tennis championship, three athletes remained – Katerina Beindl, Marta Kostyuk and Angelina Kalinina.
- Australian Open. Men. Singles. First round
Diego Schwartzman (Argentina, 23) — Oleksiy Krutykh (Ukraine, Q) — 3:1 (6:4, 6:7(6), 6:3, 7:6(5))
Source: Sportarena

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