Australian Open day two AS IT HAPPENED: Alexei Popyrin knocked out after five-set epic; Novak Djokovic claims 100th Australian Open win
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Day 2 key matches
Men's singles
- Alexei Popyrin (AUS) def by. Alexandre Muller (FRA) 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4)
- Novak Djokovic (SER) def. Pedro Martinez (SPA) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Women's singles
- Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) def. Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-1
- Iga Swiatek (POL) def. Yue Yuan (CHI) 7-6(5), 6-3
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WATCH: Match point
Popyrin is out
Alexandre Muller has done it!
He's won it 10-4 in the final tiebreak, what a comeback from him.
Alexei Popyrin now out of the tournament.
"A magnificent mental performance from the Frenchman," Todd Woodbridge said on Nine.
Alexei Popyrin during his loss. Getty
It will be a tiebreak
A grand slam tiebreak to really fire us up during the opening round.
It'll be a 10-point tiebreak.
Alexei Popyrin. Getty
Can he break again?
A big service game from Alexei Popyrin.
He held Mulelr to love again and now is up 6-5.
100th Australian Open win for Novak
And he did it in style too, winning 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 against Pedro Martinez.
All the talk, and rightfully so, has been about Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner but does Djokovic have a miracle up his sleeve?
Break for break
Alexandre Muller has broken Popyrin's serve now.
What a game we have!
IT'S A BREAK
What a game from Alexei Popyrin!
He's got the break and did it at love.
Popyrin to serve for the match.
Popyrin goes ahead
Oh, do we have a battle on our hands!
Alexei Popyrin is up 4-3 with Muller on serve now.
A break would be MASSIVE.
We have some audio drama now too
Injury drama, a tiebreak lead gone and now some audio issues.
At 30-15 to Popyrin, the mic started to make that eery sound.
Popyrin served but no fault was heard until the umpire called it. The umpire referred to an audio issue.
There was a fair wait while the issue had to be resolved.
Popyrin eventually went on to win the game.
