Sport predictions Team, Zverev and Wawrinka with victories in Melbourne, Monfils dropped out
Dominique Thiem (Austria), Alexander Zverev (Germany) and Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) qualified for the second round of the Australian Open. The champion of the US Open and number 3 in the scheme Team eliminated Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan) with 7:6 (2), 6:2, 6:3 in 2:40 hours. The Austrian had problems in the first set, in which he squandered an advance of 4:2 game, and at 6:5 Kukushkin served to take the lead in the result, even missing a set ball, and subsequently a turnaround. Team dominated the tiebreak, but his opponent again took a 2-0 lead in the second half. Here the Austrian showed his class and won nine of the next ten games on his way to the final prediction by picksmachine victory. The sixth in the scheme Zverev, a semifinalist of `Melbourne Park` from last season, defeated Marcos Girona (USA) with 6:7 (8), 7:6 (5), 6:3, 6:2 after 2:42hours on the court. The German, who placed 16 aces and a total of 50 winning shots, squandered a 4:2 lead in the first set, losing by a dramatic tiebreak.
In the second half he pulled with 5:2, but again had to go through a tiebreak, which this time he won to equalize. Until the end, Zverev dominated and did not allow a surprise.
The champion in Melbourne in 2014 and number 17 in the scheme Wawrinka started with a good match and a convincing victory over the Portuguese Paulo Souza with 6:3, 6:2, 6:4 in 96 minutes. The Swiss will play against Marton Fuchovich from Hungary in the second round.
The quarterfinalist from the previous two seasons, Milos Raonic (Canada), also started with a resounding success. Number 14 Raonic placed 17 aces and did not allow a breakthrough in the success over the Argentine Federico Coria (Argentina) with 6:3, 6:3, 6:2 in 95 minutes. The Canadian expects in the second round Corentin Mute (France), who eliminated the representative of the hosts John Millman in one of the most contested matches of the day with 6:4, 6:7 (4), 3:6, 6:2, 6:3.
The tenth in the scheme Gael Monfis (France) suffered a disappointing defeat at the start of the debutant in the main scheme in `Melbourne Park` Emil Ruusuvuori (Finland) with 6:3, 4:6, 5:7, 6:3, 3:6 after3:46 hours of play. The 21-year-old Finn, 86th in the world, saved 17 chances to break Monfis and achieved only his second victory in the Slam tournaments. He made a key twist of the 3:5 game in the third set, which helped him succeed. In the second round, the Finn will play against the Spaniard Pedro Martinez, who defeated the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka with 6:7 (3), 6:1, 6:1, 6:1.
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