Thanasi Kokkinakis edged out compatriot and shut pal Alexei Popyrin in 5 units in an all-Australian opening-round battle in Paris.
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Sadly, each Rinky Hijikata and Adam Walton bowed out within the opening spherical of their Roland Garros main-draw debuts.
Aussies in motion – Roland Garros
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
[11] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d Alex Michelsen (USA) 6-1 6-0 6-2
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) d Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 4-6 7-6(8) 6-3 5-7 6-3
Luciano Darderi (ITA) d Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 6-3 7-6(6) 6-1
Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) d [WC] Adam Walton (AUS) 6-2 6-4 7-5
COMING UP
Males’s singles, second spherical
[11] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Jaume Munar (ESP)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v [Q] Giulio Zeppieri (ITA)
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Ladies’s doubles, first spherical
[2] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA)/Olivia Nicholls (GBR)
Daria Saville (AUS)/Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) v [16] Miyu Kato (JPN)/Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)
Males’s doubles, first spherical
[2] Matt Ebden (AUS)/Rohan Bopanna (IND) v Marton Fuscovics (HUN)/Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN)
Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Tallon Griekspoor (NED)/Bart Stevens (NED)
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Denys Molchanov (UKR) v Petros Tsitsipas (GRE)/Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/Guido Andreozzi (ARG) v Nicolas Barrientos (COL)/Francisco Cabral (POR)
John Friends (AUS)/Roman Safiullin v Yuki Bhambri (IND)/Albano Olivetti (FRA)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)/Denis Shapovalov (CAN) v [14] Nathaniel Lammons (USA)/Jackson Withrow (USA)
Blended doubles, first spherical
[1] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Matt Ebden (AUS) v [WC] Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (FRA)/Ugo Humbert (FRA)
Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA)/John Friends (AUS) v [5] Vera Zvonareva/Sander Gille (BEL)
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