men's individual tournament 

 Oleksiy Krutyh (#188 ATP) could not make it to the second round of the main draw.

In the match of the opening round, the first racket of Ukraine lost to the Argentinian Diego Shvartsman (No. 26 ATP) in a tense struggle.

The four-set match lasted 3 hours and 57 minutes and ended with the defeat of our compatriot with a score of 4:6, 7:6, 3:6, 6:7.

We should add that during the third game the game was suspended due to the heat.

During the match, the Ukrainian served 9 aces, committed 3 double faults and realized 2 of 16 break points.

Note that for the first time in his career, Oleksiy played in the main draw of the "Grand Slam" tournament.

He made his way to the base of the Australian Open-2023,

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Earlier, TSN Prosport reported that the organizers of the Australian Open

after the scandal that happened in the match of the first round of the women's tournament between Ukrainian Kateryna Baindl and Russian Kamilla Rakhimova.

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