Updates from the men’s singles on Rod Laver Arena

German 3rd seed and American 25th seed in action

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Alexander Zverev* (3) 3-2 Learner Tien (25) A nicely placed forehand from Tien can’t be returned by Zverev and ends a 10-shot baseline rally. Two powerful serves from Zverev result in him coming back to claim the ascendency and he uses then uses a mammoth bounce on second-serve to induce the error that makes it 40-15.

There’s a brief pause as Zverev sees… something (?) he doesn’t like but that doesn’t stop him from firing a forehand winner from the baseline to hold serve.