Milos Raonic scored 6:4, 7:6 (5), 6:4 Australia`s big hope of Nick Kyrgios for a strong performance in Melbourne this year. The Canadian won the Australian Open first-round match, killing twice as much as the Australian - 30:15. Raonic won after 1 hour and 56 minutes, and in the first set there was no break point to the 10th game, in which serving Nick Kyrgios allowed a 0:40 lag. The Australian fought for 30:40, but the Canadian realized his third setball. In the second part there were no breakthroughs, as Raonic missed the only breakpoint (which was also setball) in it in the tenth game. The set had to be solved with a tiebreak and the Canadian won 7:5. In the third part, the Canadian scored in the fifth game and it was enough to close the match analyzed by buy tennis picks in three sets.
In the entire match, Nick Kyrgios failed to break even for a breakthrough and for the first time in his career he dropped into the first round of the Australian Open. In the next stage, Raonic will play with the Champion of 2014 Stan Vavrinka (Switzerland).
The Serbian Filip Krajinovic also qualifies for the second round of the tournament after defeating semi-finalist Marco Cecchinato with 4:6, 0:6, 6:1, 7:6 (8) from the last edition of Roland Garros, 6:4. The Italian made two perfect sets and in the fourth missed 8-2 in the tiebreak which was fatal. After winning the fourth set, Krajinovic got a lot of energy and managed to make a breakthrough in the first game of the fifth set, which also secured his final victory. In the next round, Krajinovic will play with the Evgeny Donskoy.
