Isner fires 46 Aces to beat Monteiro in AO 1st Round, Medvededv, Thiem, Zverev also win

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Patna : World No 19 John Isner, 34, USA, hammered 46 Aces to beat World No 86 Thiago Monteiro, 25, Brazil, in a slugfest in first round of Australian Open (AO) 2020 at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria,  Australia, on January 21, 2020. Isner, the 19th seed, beat Thiago Monteiro 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6 to advance to the second round.

Monteiro also fired 18 Aces in the match. Both the players committed 4 double faults each in the match. Both of them also won 3 games each in a row. The American won 122 service points to 120 by Monteiro.

World No 4 Daniil Medvedev, 23, Russia, World No 5 Dominic Thiem, 26, Austria, World No 7 Alexander Zverev, 22, Germany, World No 10 Gael Monfils, 33, France, World No 11 David Goffin, 29, Belgium, and World No 26 Nick Kyrgios, 24, Australia, also advanced to 2nd round of Australian Open on January 21, 2020.

Daniil Medvedev, the 4th seed, beat World No 50 Frances Tiafoe, 21, USA, in four-sets 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in first round at Rod Laver Area. The Russian won 9 break points in the match to 5 by Tiafoe. Medvedev hammered 13 Aces in the match to just 3  by the American. He won 4 games in a row to 3 by Tiafoe.Medvedev won 71 service points to 62 by trhe American.

Alexander Zverev, the 7th seed, beat World No 77 Marco Cecchinato, 27, Italy, 6-4, 7-6, 6-3 in first round . Zverev won 5 break points in the match to 3 by Cdecchinato. He fired 8 Aces in the match to 3 by the Italian. The German won 4 games in a row to 2 by the Italian.

Tenth seed Gael Monfils beat World No Lu Yen-Hsun, Taiwan,  6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in first round winning 5 break points besides 5 games in a row. Monfils fired 6 Aces in the match to 3  by Lu.

Fifth seed Dominic Thiem beat World No 44 Adrian Mannarino, 31, France, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 to enter the 2nd round. Thiem won 5 break points in the match to 1 by Mannarino. He also won 7 games in row in the match to 3 by the French. Thiem fired 7 Aces in the match to 5 by Mannarino.The Austrian won 65 service points to 47 by the French.

Kyrgios beat World No 53 Lorenzo Sonego, 24, Italy, in straight sets 6-2, 7-6, 7-6 to enter the 2nd round. Kyrgios fired 14 Aces in the match to 12  by Sonego. The Australian also won 2 break points besides winning 5 games in a row in the match

David Goffin beat World N0 58  Jeremy Chardy, 32, France, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 to enter the 2nd round. Goffin won 6 bfreak points in the match to 1 by Chardy. He also fired 8 Aces in the match to 2 by the French.The Belgian won 5 games in a row to 3 by Chardy.