The Ukrainian paired with Nikola Cacic from Serbia won a strong-willed victory over the McLachlan-Nishioka duo
Ukrainian tennis player Denis Molchanov successfully started in doubles at Australian Open 2024.
In a duet with a Serb Nikola Cacic The 36-year-old Ukrainian won a difficult victory over the Ben McLachlan / Yoshihito Nishioka tandem representing Japan.
The first round match lasted two hours and 19 minutes. The first set went to the Japanese – 6:3. Denis and Nikola managed to respond symmetrically, making a decisive break in the 8th game of the second set.
In the third set, the opponents regularly collected their serves. McLachlan and Nishioka led 5:4, after which the Ukrainian-Serbian duo took three games in a row and won a strong-willed victory.
In the second round, Molchanov and Cacic will compete with the first seeds of the doubles – the duo Ivan Dodig / Austin Krajicek (Croatia / USA).
- Australian Open 2024. Men. Doubles. First round
Ben McLachlan / Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) — Denis Molchanov / Nikola Cacic (Ukraine / Serbia) — 1:2 (6:3, 3:6, 5:7)
Source: Sportarena
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