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Austrlian Open Day 1 Wrap: Novak Djokovic and Andrey Rublev made to work hard, Sabalenka ruthless in 1st round

There was plenty of drama on the opening day of the Australian Open as the season's first Grand Slam began on Sunday for the first time in the modern era, tallying to a 15-day tournament. Defending champion Novak Djokovic was made to work hard by an 18-year-old while 2nd seed Aryna Sabalenka got off to a ruthless start, nearly double-bageling …

It was at the 2005 Australian Open where Novak Djokovic made his Grand Slam debut. Serbia's Novak Djokovic hits a return against Croatia's Dino Prizmic during their men's singles match on day one of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne And 18 years later, at the Rod Laver Arena on Sunday, it was Prizmic making his Grand Slam debut …

Novak Djokovic was dragged into a dogfight by talented teenager Dino Prizmic and had to dig deep to open his Australian Open title defence with a 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4 victory in the first round on Sunday. At a shade over four hours, it was Djokovic’s longest first-round match at a major and he heaped praise on the Croatian qualifier …

MELBOURNE, Australia — Until he took on defending champion Novak Djokovic at Rod Laver Arena on opening Sunday in Australia, Dino Prizmic had never played a Grand Slam match. Frances Tiafoe, the 17th seed, beat Borna Coric 6-3, 7-6, 2-6, 6-3 in 3 1/2 hours and Daniel Elahi Galan needed almost five hours to beat Australia’s Jason Kubler 2-6, 6-3, …

Australian Open: Novak Djokovic survives longest first-round match of his grand slam career

Novak Djokovic was given a scare by Croatian teenager Dino Prizmic in the longest first-round match of his grand slam career. The world number one is a big favourite to win an 11th title at Melbourne Park, where he has not lost since 2018, but he dropped the second set as 18-year-old Prizmic showed what makes him a major talent …