Jack Draper is ranked a career-high thirty eighth on the planet
| Dates: 16-29 January Venue: Melbourne Park |
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British rising star Jack Draper examined Spain’s Rafael Nadal earlier than bodily points hampered him in a four-set loss within the Australian Open first spherical.
Draper, 21, levelled at one-set every, resulting in 22-time main champion Nadal, 36, having a frank dialogue together with his workforce earlier than the third set.
Prime seed Nadal led 4-1 however was nonetheless unconvincing as Draper broke again earlier than the Briton misplaced serve at 5-4.
Draper struggled to maneuver within the fourth as Nadal secured a 7-5 2-6 6-4 6-1 win.
Britain’s Kyle Edmund was additionally knocked out on the opening day at Melbourne Park with a 6-4 6-0 6-2 defeat by Italian fifteenth seed Jannik Sinner.
Edmund, 28, reached the semi-finals in 2018 however is making an attempt to rebuild his profession after a knee damage which wanted three operations earlier than he returned to the tour final 12 months.
Enjoying utilizing a protected rating, it was one other powerful draw at a Grand Slam for Edmund after he confronted eventual runner-up Casper Ruud ultimately 12 months’s US Open.
Cameron Norrie, seeded eleventh, is aiming to keep away from a clear sweep of defeats for the Britons within the males’s singles on Monday when he performs French wildcard Luca van Assche.
Within the girls’s singles, Emma Raducanu made a optimistic return to court docket after her damage scare within the build-up to the Grand Slam.
The British primary moved into the second spherical with a straight-set win over Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch.
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