Tsitsipas, Auger-Aliassime and Norrie were not surprised and went to the second round

Stefanos Tsitsipas (3), Cameron Norrie (11) and Felix Auger-Alissime (6) fast tracked through the second round of the Australian Open by defeating the French Quentin Halys and Luca Van Assche and the Canadian Vasek Pospisil, respectively.

The Hellenic tennis player, who finished the United Cup unbeaten, sealed an impeccable debut after defeating Halys 6-3, 6-4 and 7-6(6)in a clash in which he scored 17 aces, 46 winners and just 17 unforced errors, which drew angry roars from the Greek-Australian supporters on the Margaret Court court.

This is the fifth year in a row that Tsitsipas has cleared the first hurdle and his rival was the local Rinky Hijikata, who followed his fight against the German from the earlier Yannick Hanfmann.

For his part, the British Cameron Norrie overcame the ghosts of last year’s first-round elimination and prevailed against Van Asschewho were invited to the competition as a result of the good relationship between Tennis Australia and the French Tennis Federation.

His next opponent will be known after the conclusion of the clash also between the Frenchman Constant Lestienne and the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro.

It is the second time that the British main hope, who defeated Rafa Nadal (1) in the recent United Cup, He played the second round on the banks of the Yarra and could equal his best record which came from the third round when he fell in the third round against the Balearic tennis player himself.

Auger-Aliassime will also be in the second roundwho suffered a little more to defeat his compatriot Vasek Pospisil 1-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(3), 6-3.

American Frances Tiafoe (16) and Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka also met as favourites. (31), against German Daniel Altmaier by 6-3, 6-3, 6-7(5) and 7-6(6) and Swede Mikael Ymer by 6-4, 6 -2 and 7-5.

Both tennis players, Nishioka and Tiafoe, could face Nadal in the third and fourth rounds.