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Patna : World No 144 Sumit Nagal, 23, India, crashed out of the Australian Open (AO) losing his first round match to World No 73 Ricardas Berankis, 30, Lithuania, in straight sets at Melbourne Park, Australia, on February 9, 2021. Berankis beat Nagal, who had receied a wildcard entry into the tournament, 6-2,7-5, 6-3 to reach the 2nd round.
Berankis won 6 break points during the match to 2 by Nagal. Both the players served 2 Aces each in the match. Berankis, in all, won 112 points during the match to 92 by Nagal. The Lithuanian won 8 games in a row during the match to 4 by the Indian. Berankis will face World No 20 Karen Khachanov, 24, Russia, in 2nd round.
Khachanow, the 19th seed, defeated World No 196 Aleksandar Vukic, 24, Australia, in four sets 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 in first round. Khachanov won 4 break points during the match to 2 by Vukic. The Australian fired 15 Aces in the match to 10 by Khachanov. The Russian won 4 games in a row in the match to 3 by Vukic.
World No 8 Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia, the 7th seed, beat World No 102 Yannick Hanfmann, 29, Germany, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to enter 2nd round. Rublev hammered 16 Aces during the match to 7 by Yannick. The Russian won 5 break points to 1 by the German. Rublev also won 5 games in a row in the match to 2 by the German.
World 141 Carlos Alcaraz Garfia, 17, Spain, beat World No 151 Botic van de Zandschulp, 25, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 to enter the 2nd round. Garfia won 5 break points during the match to 1 by Botic. The Spainiard also won 5 games in a row in the match to 2 by Botic.