{"id":45674,"date":"2022-01-18T09:41:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=45674"},"modified":"2022-01-18T09:41:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:41:19","slug":"australian-open-mens-day-2-recap-medvedev-tsitsipas-murray-epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/01\/18\/australian-open-mens-day-2-recap-medvedev-tsitsipas-murray-epic\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open Men\u2019s Day 2 Recap: Daniil Medvedev, Stefano Tsitsipas off to Comfortable Starts, Andy Murray with Epic 5-Set Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 at the Australian Open saw <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/09\/12\/daniil-medvedev-upsets-novak-djokovic-us-open-first-major-title-djokovic-grand-slam\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">2021 US Open champion Daniil Medvedev<\/a> make his tournament debut, as well as five-time Melbourne Park finalist Andy Murray, who notched another epic five-set victory. It was an action-packed day, full of great matches.<\/p>\n<h2>Australian Open Men\u2019s Day 2 Recap<\/h2>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<h4>Who looked good<\/h4>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was a day for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/23\/2021-is-the-end-for-monfils-gasquet-and-the-old-french-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">old dogs to shine<\/a>, with <strong>Richard Gasquet<\/strong> getting a surprising win over his countryman Ugo Humbert. It was a very tight battle, but the 35-year-old Frenchman prevailed, showing he might still have a little left to give to the tour before he calls it a day.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"0selivghQWxCKES_3qg2mg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1365259820\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'0selivghQWxCKES_3qg2mg',sig:'S1ZFnoo6RfdOmiiu3o-xVY_FW-EHsMGu5hE0wBzcuw8=',w:'396px',h:'594px',items:'1365259820',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The same can be said about <strong>Philipp Kohlschreiber<\/strong>. At 38, the German is still capable of some very good tennis and he proved it today with a straight set win over the 2018 Roland Garros semifinalist Marco Cecchinato.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrey Rublev<\/strong> ended 2021 in very poor form, but his 2022 debut was certainly encouraging. Only time will tell if his dominant Round 1 performance is a sign of things to come, but so far so good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andy Murray<\/strong>&#8216;s epic five-set victory over Basilashvili was certainly the climax of the day in Melborune. It was a long, super-intense four-hour battle, with Basilashvili&#8217;s inability to smash being the decider at the end. Murray fought like a madman as usual and lives to fight another day in this tournament.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;18795&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Who looked bad<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>John Isner<\/strong> played yet another long five-set match at a Slam, but came up short in the end against recent Melbourne finalist Maxime Cressy. In a heavily serve-dominated match, with only two breaks in five sets, 39 aces weren&#8217;t enough for the American to go through; once again his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2018\/07\/15\/long-5th-sets-not-tennis-problem-john-isner-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">inability to break serve cost him<\/a> a run at a Grand Slam tournament.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"TQ_NFEB5TdBKsIjCijUmYQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1364155955\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'TQ_NFEB5TdBKsIjCijUmYQ',sig:'u1MNKFj5D6nzWyaLMQOWZhZJRFCZq_pZIMBk6NPPjZ4=',w:'443px',h:'594px',items:'1364155955',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>David Goffin<\/strong>&#8216;s poor form has continued here in Australia. Not only did he lose, but he only won seven games against Daniel Evans, getting outplayed from beginning to end. It&#8217;s increasingly looking like Goffin&#8217;s best day are fully behind him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roberto Bautista Agut<\/strong> did win his first-round match, but his performance was far from inspiring as he struggle massively to put away Stefano Travaglia. The Spaniard doesn&#8217;t look ready to have a big run here.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 at the Australian Open saw 2021 US Open champion Daniil Medvedev make his tournament debut, as well as five-time Melbourne Park finalist Andy Murray, who notched another epic five-set victory. It was an action-packed day, full of great matches. 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