his legs are super strong and so solid. and also, mentality. you know, he came out there not with a desire to just play a nice set or enjoy the experience but rather to win, so kudos to him, it was impressive. and jannik sinner started his australian open campaign with a straight sets win over botic van de zandshulp. playing his first match since leading italy to davis cup glory in november, sinner fought his way to a 6 4, 7 5, 6 3 victory. a big win for him there. last year s quarterfinalist andrey rublev survived a first round scare, as brazillian thiago seyboth wild piled the pressure onto the world number five with points like this.
they could be a potential star of the future there in dino prizmic. jannik sinner started his australian open campaign with a straight sets win over botic van de zandshulp. playing his first match since leading italy to davis cup glory in november, sinner fought his way to a 6 4, 7 5, 6 3 victory. last year s quarterfinalist, andrey rublev, survived a first round scare, as brazillian thiago seyboth wild piled the pressure onto the world number five with points like this. rublev managed to regain his composure in the decisive tie break, eventually winning on his fifth match point. in the women s draw, there was an almost flawless start for the defending champion aryna sabalenka, thrashing the german ella seidel 6 love, 6 1. it was the second quickest australian open match there has ever been in the main draw, atjust 53 minutes. sabalenka came close to a whitewash win, but qualifier seidel was only