Veteran Australian John Millman has cashed in on his Melbourne Park wildcard, delivering a typical five-set marathon victory over Switzerland’s Marc-Andrea Huesler to achieve the second spherical.
The 33-year-old twice trailed Huesler by a set however fought again earlier than kicking away for a 6-7 (8-10) 7-5 6-7 (2-7) 6-2 6-3 win, prevailing in 4 hours and 6 minutes.
It units up a probable second-second spherical show-stopper towards two-time Australian Open finalist Daniil Medvedev on Wednesday, with the star Russian taking up American Marcus Giron on Monday night time.
Millman, who required a wildcard after falling to No.140 within the rankings, joins fellow Australian Jason Kubler in reaching the second spherical of the lads’s draw on the opening day.
It is the sixth time Millman has reached the second spherical at his residence main, in his ninth Melbourne Park marketing campaign and thirtieth grand slam.
The first three units lasted an hour, 47 minutes and 59 minutes respectively.
Millman led 5-0 within the opening set tiebreak however misplaced it 10-8, then needed to do issues the laborious manner from there.
He solely wanted one other 80 minutes to wrap up the ultimate two units in entrance of a raucous crowd on Court 3.
Millman had three match factors and spurned two tried smashes on the primary, hit his second into the online, earlier than sealing victory with a punishing forehand.
