Ranked 53rd in the world, Croatian Borna Coric confirms his immense potential by winning his first-round match in straight sets against one of the biggest servers on the circuit, the Australian Sam Groth.
The same goes for the Austrian Dominic Thiem, who was eliminated last year by Gilles Simon, and who managed to take his revenge against his 13-year senior, the Dominican Estrella Burgos.
Two French players will be in action this Tuesday, aiming to join Gilles Simon in the second round of the main draw, where their compatriots Paire and Hamou failed on Sunday.
Gianni Mina, who came through the qualifiers, will kick off the action on the center court from 11 am against the Australian 5th seed Bernard Tomic.
As for his friend Lucas Pouille, he will take on the American Tim Smyczek, who played a heroic match lasting more than 4 hours against Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open.
Other matches are expected to be extremely enticing, notably with the debut of young Australian star Nick Kyrgios, the 6th seed, who will face Mikhail Kukushkin, as well as the Ukrainian duel between the talented Dolgopolov and the experienced Sergei Stakhovsky.
Also noteworthy is the appearance in the main draw of the very young American Frances Tiafoe, who benefited from the late withdrawal of Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis to compete against the best despite his defeat in the final round of the qualifiers.
Finally, two second-round matches will be played later in the day, featuring the debut of the 2nd seed John Isner and the 8th seed, the Argentine Juan Monaco.
