Andrey Rublev started with a victory at the Australian Open

Russian tennis player Andrei Rublev successfully overcame the first round of the main draw of the Australian Open.

In a two-hour duel with the representative of Austria Dominic Thiem, our athlete filed seven times right through and took four games at the reception.

In general, the duel turned out to be quite stubborn, but Rublev did not allow doubts about his final superiority - 6:3, 6:4, 6:2.

In the second round, the winner of the pair Max Purcell (Australia) - Emil Ruusuvuori (Finland) awaits the Russian.