A break in each set was enough for the second seed at the Australian Open, German Alexander Zverev, to overcome the first hurdle in Melbourne, against Frenchman Luc Puig - 6:4, 6:4, 6:4.
In the first set, Zverev broke in the fifth game, in the second in the first, and in the third set in the seventh game.
After two hours and 22 minutes of play, he closed the program of the first day of tennis at "Rod Laver Arena".
In the 2nd round, Zverev will play against the Spaniard Pedro Martinez, who had an easy job at the start - the 43rd player was handed over by the Italian Luciano Dardera after the fifth game of the second set - 6:3, 4:1, so the Spaniard spent only 71 minutes on the field.
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