Australian Open: Murray goes down in straight sets to Etcheverry in first round
The Argentine will face Frenchman Gael Monfils in the next round
Andy Murray © Action Plus / Panoramic
Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 30 seed, won against Andy Murray 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.
This was only Murray’s fourth first round exit at Melbourne Park in 16 main draw appearances.
Etcheverry, ranked No 32, will face the winner of the match between German Yannick Hanfmann and Frenchman Gael Monfils next.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58,910,000):
- Christopher Eubanks beat Taro Daniel: 6-4, 6-2, 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
- 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
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Yosuke Watanuki
- Omar Jasika vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Alex De Minaur vs. Milos Raonic
- Alexandre Muller vs. Hugo Grenier
- Maximilian Marterer vs. Nuno Borges
- Ugo Humbert vs. David Goffin
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Gael Monfils
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Federico Coria
- Alejandro Tabilo vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Jordan Thompson
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Karen Khachanov
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