On January 17, Beijing time, the Australian Open ushered in the first match day, in a match at the Margaret Court, the homegrown Millman met with Spanish veteran Feliciano López. The two sides fought fiercely in four sets in this match, and Millman defeated Fi Lopez 3-1 to successfully reach the second round of this Australian Open.
Millman took the lead in the 4th set, broke again in the 6th set, and after saving the 7th set Millman won the first set 6-1.
In the second set, the two sides saved their own serves in the first six sets, in the 7th set Millman broke the opponent's serve, and in the 9th set Millman broke again with four consecutive points to win the second set 6-3.
In the third set, Phil Lopez broke in his first serve and in the seventh set he again broke to take a 5-2 lead. Millman broke his opponent's serve in the 8th set to win the set, and in the 10th set, Fidi López saved the ball and won the third set 6-4.
In the fourth set, the two sides saved the first 11 sets, and in the 12th set, Fii López broke the one that had to be saved, and Millman won the fourth set 7-5.
Although Fey López lost the match, he still set a new record at this Year's Australian Open – it was his 79th consecutive Grand Slam tournament and he was able to play in four Grand Slam tournaments for 20 consecutive years, an achievement that even the Big Three need to look up to.
Fi-Lopez's first Grand Slam appearance was at the 2001 French Open, where he lost to Moya in the first round. In 2002, he played for the second Grand Slam tournament at the French Open, and since then he has never missed a major tournament, except for Wimbledon, which was cancelled due to the epidemic in 2020, Pfei López has participated in 79 consecutive Grand Slam matches.
Despite competing in 79 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments, Fie Lopez has never had a dazzling record at a Grand Slam. His best Grand Slam record was at Wimbledon (3 times) and the quarterfinals of the US Open, and the best record at the Australian Open and French Open by Fidi López was in the round of 16.
Since last year's French Open, Fial Lopez has stopped the first round of the Grand Slam four times in a row. Currently ranked 109th in the world, will he still see Figue Lopez playing at the Grand Slam for the 80th consecutive time at this year's French Open?