American tennis player John Isner could not overcome the barrier of the first round of the Australian Open, losing in four games to his compatriot Reilly Opelka – 6/7 (4), 6/7 (6), 7/6 (4), 6/7 (5) .
For 2 hours and 58 minutes of the duel, the tenth number of the ATP rating, 33-year-old John, once took an opponent’s pitch, made 47 aces and two double errors. 21-year-old Reilly, who occupies the 102nd position in the world classification, made one break and 40 aces, having made a mistake six times in the presentation.
In personal meetings of players established equality – 1: 1.