Australian Open: Jack Draper loses to Rafael Nadal at Melbourne Park

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Dates: 16-29 January Venue: Melbourne Park
Coverage: Commentary each time from 07:00 GMT connected Radio 5 Sports Extra 'Tennis Breakfast' unrecorded from Melbourne, with selected unrecorded substance commentaries and lucifer reports connected the BBC Sport website and app.

British rising prima Jack Draper tested Spain's Rafael Nadal earlier carnal issues hampered him successful a four-set nonaccomplishment successful the Australian Open archetypal round.

Draper, 21, levelled astatine one-set each, starring to 22-time large champion Nadal, 36, having a frank treatment with his squad earlier the 3rd set.

Top effect Nadal led 4-1 but was inactive unconvincing arsenic Draper broke backmost earlier the Briton mislaid service astatine 5-4.

Draper struggled to determination successful the 4th arsenic Nadal secured a 7-5 2-6 6-4 6-1 win.

Britain's Kyle Edmund was besides knocked retired connected the opening time astatine Melbourne Park with a 6-4 6-0 6-2 decision by Italian 15th effect Jannik Sinner.

Edmund, 28, reached the semi-finals successful 2018 but is trying to rebuild his vocation aft a genu wounded which needed 3 operations earlier helium returned to the circuit past year.

Playing utilizing a protected ranking, it was different pugnacious gully astatine a Grand Slam for Edmund aft helium faced eventual runner-up Casper Ruud astatine past year's US Open.

Cameron Norrie, seeded 11th, is aiming to debar a cleanable expanse of defeats for the Britons successful the men's singles connected Monday erstwhile helium plays French wildcard Luca van Assche.

In the women's singles, Emma Raducanu made a affirmative instrumentality to tribunal aft her wounded scare successful the build-up to the Grand Slam.

The British fig 1 moved into the 2nd circular with a straight-set triumph implicit Germany's Tamara Korpatsch.

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