Australian Open: Sinner withstands Jarry test

Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, defeated Chilean Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-1 to move into the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.

Little separated the two across the opening two sets, with Sinner’s ability to lift his game in tiebreaks the deciding factor.

The Italian has now won 29 consecutive sets, is on a 15-match win streak, and extends his tiebreak record over the last 52 weeks to 27-8.

“I’m very happy to be back,” Sinner said after the match. “Thank you so much for coming. The atmosphere was amazing.

“I think today was a very close one. He’s an incredible player. Huge potential. I’m happy with how I handled a tough situation in the first couple of sets. Happy to be in the next round.”

Jarry tests Sinner with high-octane tennis

Jarry took a high-risk, high-reward approach over the course of the two-hour, 40-minute match, striking 40 winners but making 50 unforced errors, while Sinner hit just 24 winners and 12 unforced errors.

The Chilean had his chances, but Sinner’s consistent ability to get one more ball back in play saw points end in error’s from Jarry’s racquet more often than not.

Sinner, ranked No 1, will face the winner of the match between Australian wildcard Tristan Schoolkate and Japanese Taro Daniel next.

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

• Andrey Rublev vs. Joao Fonseca
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Corentin Moutet
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Alex De Minaur
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Kamil Majchrzak
• Tristan Boyer vs. Federico Coria
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Marcos Giron vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Mitchell Krueger
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Kasidit Samrej vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Francisco Comesana vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Zizou Bergs
• Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs. Learner Tien
• Gael Monfils vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Borna Coric vs. Cristian Garin
• Taylor Fritz vs. Jenson Brooksby
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alexander Bublik
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Holger Rune
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Karen Khachanov
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Luca Nardi
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Cameron Norrie
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Jacob Fearnley vs. Nick Kyrgios
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Novak Djokovic vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Fabio Fognini vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Tommy Paul
• Juncheng Shang vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• David Goffin vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Jaime Faria vs. Pavel Kotov
• Lukas Klein vs. Sebastian Korda
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Aziz Dougaz: monday
• Sebastian Baez vs. Arthur Cazaux: monday
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Roman Safiullin: monday
• Jack Draper vs. Mariano Navone: monday
• Damir Dzumhur vs. Aleksandar Vukic: monday
• Tristan Schoolkate vs. Taro Daniel: monday
• Jordan Thompson vs. Dominik Koepfer: monday
• James McCabe (WC) beat Martin Landaluce (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
• James Duckworth beat Dominic Stricker: 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
• Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Fabian Marozsan: monday
• 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