Australian Open: Kwon goes down to Klein in first round
Lukas Klein beat SoonWoo Kwon 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Tuesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between No 6 seed Alexander Zverev and Dominik Koepfer in the next round
Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) hits a backhand to Milos Raonic (CAN) at the AgBioEn Kooyong Classic on Day 1 in Melbourne Australia
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Slovak qualifier Lukas Klein won against SoonWoo Kwon 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday.
Klein, ranked No 163, will play the winner of the match between No 6 seed Alexander Zverev and Dominik Koepfer next.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):
- Richard Gasquet vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Alexander Zverev vs. Dominik Koepfer
- Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Tommy Paul vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Juncheng Shang: tuesday
- Alexander Bublik vs. Sumit Nagal: tuesday
- Holger Rune vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: tuesday
- Marcos Giron vs. Jack Draper: tuesday
- Max Purcell beat Mate Valkusz (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 7-5
- Grigor Dimitrov (13) beat Marton Fucsovics: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-2
- Casper Ruud (11) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
- Giulio Zeppieri (Q) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Cameron Norrie (19) beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- Jiri Lehecka (32) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
- Alex Michelsen beat James McCabe (WC): 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Tallon Griekspoor (28) beat Roman Safiullin: 2-6, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-5
- Arthur Fils beat Jiri Vesely: 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Arthur Cazaux (WC) beat Laslo Djere: 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
- Jan-Lennard Struff (24) beat Rinky Hijikata: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (8)
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (27) beat Dominic Thiem: 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 5-7, 6-3
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Yosuke Watanuki: 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (9) beat Omar Jasika (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-2
- Alex De Minaur (10) beat Milos Raonic: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 2-0 ret.
- Hugo Grenier (Q) beat Alexandre Muller: 2-6, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
- Nuno Borges beat Maximilian Marterer: 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Ugo Humbert (21) beat David Goffin (Q): 6-2, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
- Gael Monfils beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Federico Coria: 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (30) beat Andy Murray: 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
- Christopher Eubanks beat Taro Daniel: 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
- Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q) beat Alejandro Tabilo: 6-7 (2), 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
- Jordan Thompson beat Aleksandar Vukic: 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
- Karen Khachanov (15) beat Daniel Altmaier: 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3)
- Jakub Mensik (Q) beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-3, 7-5, 7-5
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) beat Zizou Bergs (LL): 5-7, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
- Luca Van Assche beat James Duckworth (WC): 6-7 (2), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Adrian Mannarino (20) beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
- Alexei Popyrin beat Marc Polmans (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23) beat Constant Lestienne: 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Ben Shelton (16) beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-2, 7-6 (2), 7-5
- Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Terence Atmane (Q): 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 1-0 ret.
- Emil Ruusuvuori beat Patrick Kypson (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Sebastian Korda (29) beat Vit Kopriva (Q): 6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2
- Flavio Cobolli (Q) beat Nicolas Jarry (18): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
- Lorenzo Musetti (25) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2
- Hugo Gaston (LL) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (17) beat Borna Coric: 6-3, 7-6 (7), 2-6, 6-3
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Dino Prizmic (Q): 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4
- Quentin Halys beat Lloyd Harris (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (2)
- Daniel Elahi Galan beat Jason Kubler (WC): 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (8)
- Sebastian Baez (26) beat J.J. Wolf: 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 3-0 ret.
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Jesper De Jong (Q) beat Pedro Cachin: 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
- Christopher O’Connell beat Cristian Garin: 3-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
- Tomas Machac beat Shintaro Mochizuki (LL): 7-5, 6-1, 7-5
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (6)
- Fabian Marozsan beat Marin Čilić: 6-1, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
- Francisco Cerundolo (22) beat Dane Sweeny (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
- Pavel Kotov beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-5, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (4) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-4, 7-5, 6-3
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Adam Walton (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-4
- Jaume Munar beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
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