MELBOURNE, Australia Jannik Sinner had the Carota Boys in the crowd and red-white-and-green flags flying in Rod Laver Arena Sunday, helping Italy's Davis Cup star feel right at home in the opening match on the center court at the first 15-day Australian Open. Sinner had a 6-4, 7-5, 6-3…
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Alina Korneeva and Brenda Fruhvirtova are both 16, both recorded their first wins in a Grand Slam main draw on Sunday at the Australian Open and both are expecting bigger things in the future. Fruhvirtova beat Anna Bogdan 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 on a far-flung Court 17 not long before Korneeva — the Australian Open junior champion last year — rallied to beat Sara Sorribes Tormo 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Court 6. If she stayed up past midnight and watched the night matches at Rod Laver Arena, Fruhvirtova would have known before bed-time that she'd be facing defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in the second round.
Until he took on defending champion Novak Djokovic at Rod Laver Arena on opening Sunday in Australia, Dino Prizmic had never played a Grand Slam match. The 18-year-old Croatian qualifier, who was born seven months after Djokovic made his Grand Slam debut in 2005, made it last as long as he could, unsettling the 24-time major winner at times before Djokovic finished off the match 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4.
Dino Prizmic who was born seven months after Novak Djokovic made his Grand Slam debut in 2005, made it last as long as he could, unsettling the 24-time major winner at times before Djokovic finished off the match 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4.