Australian Open: Altmaier battles past Comesana to make second round

German Daniel Altmaier reached the second round of the Australian Open by beating Argentinian Francisco Comesana 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4 at Melbourne Park.

Altmaier, ranked No 101, will face Gael Monfils next.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):

• Andrey Rublev vs. Joao Fonseca
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Kamil Majchrzak
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Alex De Minaur
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Corentin Moutet: tuesday
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Denis Shapovalov: tuesday
• Marcos Giron vs. Yannick Hanfmann: tuesday
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Flavio Cobolli: tuesday
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Mitchell Krueger: tuesday
• Tristan Boyer vs. Federico Coria: tuesday
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Stan Wawrinka: tuesday
• Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Nakashima: tuesday
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Lorenzo Musetti: tuesday
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Kasidit Samrej (WC): 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Zizou Bergs: tuesday
• Hubert Hurkacz (18) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
• Gael Monfils beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (30): 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-4
• Francisco Cerundolo (31) beat Alexander Bublik: 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-2
• Cristian Garin (Q) beat Borna Coric: 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
• Learner Tien (Q) beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli: 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz (4) beat Jenson Brooksby: 6-2, 6-0, 6-3
• Holger Rune (13) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
• Karen Khachanov (19) beat Adrian Mannarino: 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-3
• Gabriel Diallo beat Luca Nardi: 6-7 (1), 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
• Matteo Berrettini beat Cameron Norrie: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Dusan Lajovic: 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-5
• Francesco Passaro (LL) beat Grigor Dimitrov (10): 7-5, 2-1 ret.
• Benjamin Bonzi beat David Goffin: 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (7)
• Jacob Fearnley beat Nick Kyrgios: 7-6 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Novak Djokovic (7) beat Nishesh Basavareddy (WC): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 7-5, 6-1
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Juncheng Shang: 7-6 (1), 5-2 ret.
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (29) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
• Jaime Faria (Q) beat Pavel Kotov: 6-1, 6-1, 7-5
• Sebastian Korda (22) beat Lukas Klein (Q): 6-3, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Aziz Dougaz (Q): 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Arthur Cazaux beat Sebastian Baez (28): 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Roman Safiullin: 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Jack Draper (15) beat Mariano Navone: 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Damir Dzumhur: 6-7 (3), 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Tristan Schoolkate (WC) beat Taro Daniel: 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-4
• Jordan Thompson (27) beat Dominik Koepfer (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Nicolas Jarry: 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-1
• James McCabe (WC) beat Martin Landaluce (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
• James Duckworth beat Dominic Stricker: 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
• Fabian Marozsan beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 5-7, 7-5
• Nuno Borges beat Alexandre Muller: 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2, 7-5
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Alejandro Tabilo (23): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• Jakub Mensik beat Nikoloz Basilashvili (Q): 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe (17) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Alex Michelsen beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (11): 7-5, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
• Alexander Zverev (2) beat Lucas Pouille (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Quentin Halys beat Adam Walton: 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Reilly Opelka beat Gauthier Onclin (Q): 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2
• Ugo Humbert (14) beat Matteo Gigante (Q): 7-6 (5), 7-5, 6-4
• Pedro Martinez Portero beat Luciano Darderi: 6-3, 4-1 ret.
• Tomas Machac (26) beat Sumit Nagal: 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
• Jiri Lehecka (24) beat Li Tu (WC): 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1)
• Hady Habib (Q) beat Yunchaokete Bu: 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Casper Ruud (6) beat Jaume Munar: 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
• Kei Nishikori beat Thiago Monteiro (Q): 4-6, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
• Arthur Fils (20) beat Otto Virtanen: 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4
• Hugo Gaston beat Omar Jasika (WC): 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2