Funny beginnings for the Australian Open: the threat of pollution lifted, it was the rain that completely turned upside down the first day Monday in Melbourne, causing the postponement to Tuesday of 32 games scheduled on outdoor courts. Fortunately, the three main courts in Melbourne Park have a retractable roof, allowing matches scheduled in these arenas to take place normally.
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- #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 20, 2020Federer and Serena between the drops, before Djoko?
Even before the rain, defending champion Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams, in quest of a 24th Grand Slam trophy, won their ticket for the second round. Roger Federer succeeded Serena in the Rod Laver Arena, where he dispatched the American Steve Johnson 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in 1h21, claiming to have controlled the end-to-end match with still "some margin ". Title holder Novak Djokovic was to close the night session there.
âI felt I had room. I felt like I was in control of the game, whatever I did. It may not be like this in the next round, so I have to be careful. Keep the mentality lap by lap, point after point, "commented Federer who won six times in Melbourne.
The day was marked by Coco Gauff's new victory over Venus Williams: as at Wimbledon where she had made a name for herself last summer, the youngest player of the tournament (67th in the world at 15 years old) beat the oldest (55 to 39), 7-6 (7/5), 6-3.
"I just want to say thank you guys so much. You guys were chanting my name."
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The first surprise of the Australian fortnight came from the defeat of Denis Shapovalov (13th) who did not control his nerves against Marton Fucsovics (67th) and who lost 6-3, 6-7 (7 / 9), 6-1, 7-6 (7/3) after 3h17 of combat. The Australian Open, a time threatened by toxic fumes, started well late Monday morning with air quality deemed "good" by the Melbourne health authorities: 3 on a scale where it was decided to suspend matches from 200.
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