Athletistic/Tennis. The 2024 Australian Open began on January 14 and the tournament has already set a record for the number of players in five sets in the first round.

In the first round of the 2024 Australian Open, 20 five-setters were played. This became a tournament record.

Such a number of five-set matches in the final stage of 1/64 took place only for the fifth time in the history of Grand Slam tournaments.

Previously, 20 matches or more of five sets at this stage had been played at the French Open in 1992 (20) and 2023 (21), at Wimbledon in 1984 (20) and at the US Open in 1991 (20).

The matches of the 1/64 finals ended earlier. For men, the results look like this:

Laszlo Djere (Serbia) – Arthur Casot (France, World Championship) – 2:6, 7:6 (7:3), 2:6, 6:3, 2:6

Arthur Fis (France) – Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) – 4:6, 7:5, 6:2, 6:3

Giulio Ceppieri (Italy, Q) – Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) – 6:3, 3:6, 6:3, 7:6 (7:3)

Alex Mickelsen (USA) – James McCabe (Australia, World Cup) – 7:6 (7:5), 3:6, 6:1, 6:2

Cameron Norrie (Great Britain, 19) – Juan Pablo Varillas (Peru) – 6:4, 6:4, 6:2

Tallon Grixpor (Netherlands, 28) – Roman Safiullin (Russia) – 2:6, 3:6, 7:6 (7:3), 6:4, 7:5

Jiri Lehechka (Czech Republic, 32) – Bernabe Zapata Miralles (Spain) – 6:3, 6:2, 6:3

Kasper Ruud (Norway, 11) – Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spain) – 6:1, 6:3, 6:1

Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria, 13) – Marton Fucsovics (Hungary) – 4:6, 6:3, 7:6 (7:1), 6:2

Lukasz Klein (Slovakia, Q) – Kwon Sun-Woo (Korea) – 7:6 (7:0), 4:6, 7:6 (7:3), 6:3

Max Purcell (Australia) – Mate Walkus (Hungary, Q) – 3:6, 7:6 (7:2), 6:4, 7:5

Jack Draper (Great Britain) – Marcos Giron (United States) – 6:4, 3:6, 4:6, 6:0, 6:2

Holger Rune (Denmark, 8) – Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) – 6:2, 4:6, 7:6 (7:3), 6:4

Tommy Paul (USA, 14) – Grégoire Barrer (France) – 6:2, 6:3, 6:3

Sumit Nagal (India, Q) – Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan, 31) – 6:4, 6:2, 7:6 (7:5)

Shang Juncheng (China, World Championship) – Mackenzie McDonald (United States) – 6:3, 1:6, 3:6, 6:4, 6:2

Thanasi Kokkinakis (Australia) – Sebastian Ofner (Austria) – 7:6 (7:1), 2:6, 6:7 (4:7), 6:1, 7:6 (10:8)

Lorenzo Sonego (Italy) – Daniel Evans (Great Britain) – 4:6, 7:6 (10:8), 6:2, 7:6 (7:4)

Alexander Zverev (Germany, 6) – Dominik Köpfer (Germany) – 4:6, 6:3, 7:6 (7:3), 6:3

Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, 2) – Richard Gasquet (France) – 7:6 (7:5), 6:1, 6:2.

Results of the 1/64 finals matches in women’s singles:

Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Italy) – Lulu Sun (Switzerland, Q) – 6:1, 7:5

Daria Kasatkina (Russia, 14) – Peyton Stearns (United States) – 6:2, 3:6, 6:2

Sloane Stephens (USA) – Olivia Gadeki (Australia, World Cup) – 6:3, 6:1

Martina Trevisan (Italy) – Renata Sarazua (Mexico, Q) – 4:6, 6:4, 6:2

Iga Swiatek (Poland, 1) – Sofia Kenin (United States) – 7:6 (7:2), 6:2

Danielle Collins (United States) – Angelique Kerber (Germany) – 6:2, 3:6, 6:1

Emma Navarro (USA, 27) – Wang Xiyu (China) – 6:1, 6:7 (5:7), 7:5

Victoria Azarenka (Belarus, 18) – Camila Giorgi (Italy) – 6:1, 4:6, 6:3

Clara Tauson (Denmark) – Gretje Minnen (Belgium) – 7:5, 7:5

Ocean Daudin (France) – Zhu Lin (China, 29) – 6:4, 6:3

Clara Burel (France) – Alexandra Krunic (Serbia) – 6:4, 6:1

Anna Blinkova (Russia) – Christina Buksha (Spain) – 6:2, 6:4

Wang Yafan (China) – Sorana Cirstea (Romania, 22) – 0:6, 7:5, 6:2

Katie Boulter (Great Britain) – Yuan Yue (China) – 7:5, 7:6 (7:1)

Elena Ostapenko (Latvia, 11) – Kimberly Birrell (Australia, World Championship) – 7:6 (7:5), 6:1

Zheng Qingwen (China, 12) – Ashlyn Kruger (United States) – 3:6, 6:2, 6:3

Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan, 3) – Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) – 7:6 (8:6), 6:4

Emma Raducanu (Great Britain) – Shelby Rogers (United States) – 6:3, 6:2

Ajla Tomljanovic (Australia) – Petra Martic (Croatia) – 7:6 (7:3), 4:6, 6:4

Jessica Pegula (USA, 5) – Rebecca Marino (Canada, Q) – 6:2, 6:4.

On January 17 and 18, the second round matches of the Australian Open for men and women will take place in Melbourne (Australia).

It is worth paying attention to the meeting between Russian tennis player Pavel Kotov, number 64 in the ATP ranking, and Flavio Cobolli (ranked 102 in the ATP ranking). The confrontation will begin at 3 p.m. Moscow time.

In women’s singles, the second round match will pit former Danish world number one Caroline Wozniacki against Russian tennis player Maria Timofeeva (world number 170). The meeting is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. Moscow time.

The 2024 Australian Open takes place from January 14 to 28, 2024. The matches take place in Melbourne, Australia, on the courts of the Melbourne Park sports complex.

The current winner of the Australian Open is Serbian Novak Djokovic. Among women, the title was won by the representative of Belarus Arina Sabalenko in 2023.

Andrey Andreev, Sport.Ru


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