MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA) (ITALPRESS) – Lorenzo Musetti accesses the second round of the Australian Open 2026. The serial number 5 head takes advantage of the withdrawal in the fourth set of Raphael Collignon to seize the first hit on the ground Down Under: 4-6 7-6(3) 7-5 3-2 the score at the time of the withdrawal of the Belgian. Advanced Musetti, who will be engaged in blue derby with Lorenzo Sonego.
Convincing test of Turin, in 2025 pushed to the quarterfinals, which landed in three sets of Spanish Carlos Taberner with the score of 6-4 6-0 6-3 in an hour and 46 minutes of play.
Luciano Darderi comes out in three combated sets on the Chilean Cristian Garin. The series head number 25 proves more skillful in the decisive moments of the match and stores the practice in less than three hours with the score of 7-6(5) 7-5 7-6(3). In the second round, Darderi will meet Sebastian Baez, who was released in the fifth set by the big server Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3).
Nothing to do for Luca Nardi, who surrenders to the fourth set in Yibing Wu: 7-5 4-6 6-4 6-2, in three hours of play, the score in favor of the Chinese qualified.
Well, Ben Shelton. The American, potential opponent of Jannik Sinner in the eighth final, dominates the French Hugo Humbert for 6-3 7-6(2) 7-6(5). Right outside Joao Fonseca. The Brazilian, on a screening on Sinner’s path in the third round, goes with the American Eliot Spizzirri (6-4 2-6 6-1 6-2). In the second round also Ethan Quinn (6-2 6-3 6-2 on Griekspoor), Jakub Mensik, who folds 7-5 4-6 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3 Pablo Carreno Busta, and Karen Khachanov (4-6 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-3 on Michelsen).
COCCIARETTO ELIMINATA
Elisabetta Cocciaretto stops at the first round of the Australian Open 2026. The Marchena, who has returned from the title in the Wta 250 of Hobart, surrenders to the third set to Julia Grabher, number 95 of the world: 7-5 2-6 6-4 the score in favor of the Austrian, who in the second round will meet the Russian Anna Kalinskaya, protagonist of a good test against the British Kartal, defeat for 7-6(3) 6-1.
The defense of the Madison Keys title begins with the right foot. Series number 9, the American comes out from the match with Ukrainian Oleksandra Oliynykova. First set solved after an hour and 13 at the tie-break, then domain in the second for the 7-6(6) 6-1 final. In the second round, Keys will have the derby with Ashlyn Krueger (6-3 6-3 in Bejlek).
Positive exhortation for Elena Rybakina. The kazaka, number 5 of the board, eliminates the Slovenian Juvan (6-4 6-3) and in the second round finds the French Valentina Gracheva (6-1 2-6 6-1 on Golubic). Positive day for the Czech Republic, smiling with Karolina Pliskova, 7-6(7) 6-2 on Stephens, Linda Fruhvirtova, 6-3 7-5 on Sun, Tereza Valentova, 6-4 6-4 on Joint, and Katerina Siniakova, 6-1 6-2 on Udverdy. In the second round will be derby Fruhvirtova-Valentova.
Next also the Indonesian Janice Tien, who surprises the Canadian Leylah Fernandez, serial number 22 head, with score of 6-2 7-6(1). In the second round, Chinese Wang Xin, 6-3 6-3 on Kalinina, and Australian Taylah Preston, 6-3 2-6 6-3 on Shuai Zhang.
ERRANI/PAOLINI AVANTI NEL DOPPIO
Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini, number 3 on the individual specialty ranking, inaugurated their 2026 double in the best way to the Australian Open. In the Italian night the Olympic champions ruled for 6-3 6-2, in an hour and 18 minutes, the British Maia Lumsden and Chinese Qianhui Tang, semi-finalists last year in Rabat. The blue pair will compete in the next round the match between Australian wild cards Kimberly Birrell and Talia Gibson and Japanese Momoko Kobori and Ayano Shimizu.
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