Rafael Nadal’s early Australian Open farewell

At the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the season, defending champion Rafael Nadal was knocked out in the second round. The tournament, which was held in Melbourne, Australia, continued with matches on the third day.

The Spanish Rafael Nadal, who has won the most championships with 22 Grand Slam victories in men’s singles, faced the American Mackenzie Mcdonald, number 63 in the world, in the second round of the tournament, where he participated as champion. No.1 seed Nadal, who struggled on court with a groin injury late in the second set, said an early goodbye to the Australian Open after losing 3-0 to his rival 6-4, 6- 4 and 7-. 5.

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the tournament’s sixth seed, defeated 54th-ranked Slovak Alex Molcan 3-2 in sets that ended 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 and advanced to the 3rd round. .

Italian Jannik Sinner (15 seeds) defeated world number 80 Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry 3-0 (6-3, 6-2, 6-2) to reach the 3rd round.

SWIATEK 3rd Round

The world number 1, the Polish Iga Swiatek, who has won 3 Grand Slam titles in women’s singles, defeated the Colombian Camila Osorio, who was ranked 82nd in the ranking, 2-0 with sets 6-2 and 6 -3 and left his mark. in the 3rd round.

the American Jessica Pegula (3), the Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich 2-0 (6-2, 7-6) and the Greek Maria Sakkari (6), the qualifiers the Russian Diana Shnaider 2-1 (3-6, 7-5 , 6-3) ) to advance to the 3rd round.

The world number 40, the Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, for her part, won 2-0 with complete sets 7-5 and 6-4 against the Czech Petra Kvitova (15), who has two Grand Slam championships, and went ahead . (AA)