Murray
On January 4, Beijing time, ATP250 Melbourne station began the first round of the men's singles main tournament, and the former world number one Murray with a wild card lost to the world's 76th Argentine player Bagonis 3-6/7-5/3-6 to stop the first round, and the whole game took 2 hours and 37 minutes. Bagonis's opponent in the men's singles second round will be the No. 3 seed, Bulgarian dimitrov.
In another first-round battle for men's singles, Dutch player Dezan de Silop defeated French veteran Manarino 6-4, 6-3. The qualifying tiebreaker also ended today, with local wild card player Rinhui Togata, Italian veteran Seppi, Lithuanian player Birankis and American player Cressi advancing to the men's singles main event.
Nadal (left) and Munnar (right)
In doubles, Spain's king Nadal partnered compatriot Munnar to defeat the Argentine duo of Bayes/Ecciviri 6-3, 3-6, 10-4 to win the 2022 season for the men's doubles second round and the no. 4 seed Grubev Scugo.
(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)