Australian Open: Halys through to second round
The Frenchman will meet the winner of the match between American Sebastian Korda, the No 29 seed, and qualifier Vit Kopriva in the next round
Quentin Halys (JB Autissier / Panoramic)
Frenchman Quentin Halys edged out South African qualifier Lloyd Harris 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (2) to move into the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Sunday.
This is the second time in seven main draw appearances at the Australian Open that Halys has reached the second round, the first one coming in his debut in 2016.
Halys, ranked No 101, will face the winner of the match between American Sebastian Korda, the No 29 seed, and qualifier Vit Kopriva next.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58,910,000):
- Richard Gasquet vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Alexander Zverev vs. Dominik Koepfer
- Daniel Evans vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Sebastian Ofner vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Juncheng Shang
- Alexander Bublik vs. Sumit Nagal
- Tommy Paul vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Holger Rune vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- SoonWoo Kwon vs. Lukas Klein
- Marcos Giron vs. Jack Draper
- Max Purcell vs. Mate Valkusz
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Casper Ruud
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Giulio Zeppieri
- Cameron Norrie vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Jiri Lehecka
- James McCabe vs. Alex Michelsen
- Roman Safiullin vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Arthur Fils vs. Jiri Vesely
- Laslo Djere vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Dominic Thiem
- Alex De Minaur vs. Milos Raonic
- Omar Jasika vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Yosuke Watanuki
- Alexandre Muller vs. Hugo Grenier
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Federico Coria
- Ugo Humbert vs. David Goffin
- Maximilian Marterer vs. Nuno Borges
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Taro Daniel
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Karen Khachanov
- Alejandro Tabilo vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Andy Murray vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Gael Monfils
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Jakub Mensik
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Jordan Thompson
- Zizou Bergs vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Constant Lestienne vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- James Duckworth vs. Luca Van Assche
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Ben Shelton
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Marc Polmans
- Terence Atmane vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Patrick Kypson vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
- Sebastian Korda vs. Vit Kopriva
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Hugo Gaston
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Borna Coric: sunday
- Novak Djokovic vs. Dino Prizmic: sunday
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Jason Kubler: sunday
- Sebastian Baez (26) beat J.J. Wolf: 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 2-0 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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