ameron Norrie survived a detailed first-set battle towards teenager Luca Van Assche earlier than pulling away to ease into the second spherical of the Australian Open.
The British No1, seeded No11, has grow to be a grasp of profitable these early grand-slam matches and so it proved as soon as once more, a run of 10 straight video games serving to him to a 7-6 (3) 6-0 6-3 victory over a participant ranked 143.
Norrie, who subsequent faces one other French participant in Fixed Lestienne, stated: “It took a little bit to find my range with the ball but for me it was a solid day.
“I served for the first set twice and didn’t play the best game, but played a good tie-break, and then I won nine games in a row and was looking good to keep going and ended up winning in straight. I’ll take that after a quick turnaround.”
Norrie solely arrived in Melbourne late on Saturday evening after a heart-breaking loss to Richard Gasquet within the remaining of the ASB Traditional in his residence metropolis of Auckland.
That gave him solely someday to arrange for this match however he carried a number of confidence from a run of six victories to begin the season, together with over Rafael Nadal, in addition to his exploits of the final two campaigns.
A superb run right here might see Norrie return to the highest 10 and he was his customary relentless self as he wore down 18-year-old Van Assche. The Frenchman, who received the junior title at Roland Garros in 2021, is taken into account an enormous expertise for the longer term and twice recovered from a break down within the opening set.
Norrie grew to become a bit of wayward off his forehand however tightened issues up within the tie-break and from there stored fixed strain on Van Assche, who could have realized so much from the encounter however was not fairly as much as the duty right here.
Elsewhere, Jack Draper misplaced his first-round tie with Nadal as Emma Raducanu shrugged off harm considerations to win comfortably.
Harriet Dart was unable to capitalise on a great begin towards thirty second seed Jil Teichmann.
The British No2, enjoying in the primary draw on rating for the primary time right here, led the Swiss participant 4-2 and will have damaged once more to guide 5-2. However Teichmann fought again and was too stable for Dart within the second set of a 7-5 6-1 victory.
Further reporting by PA.
