Against the backdrop of chants of 'Nole', Novak Djokovic sent Spain's 75th-ranked Roberto Carballes Baena packing as he returns to the Australian Open after last year's deportation
Prior to that, the day had belonged to another 35-year-old in Murray — and Melbourne's famously fickle weather.
"I will be feeling this evening and tomorrow," the former world number one, who plays with a metal hip after career-saving surgery, said. "But right now unbelievably happy and proud of myself." Former US Open champion Thiem was outplayed as he continued his return from a wrist injury that kept him off the court for nine months across the 2021 and 2022 seasons.Tunisia's second seed Ons Jabeur, runner-up at Wimbledon and the US Open last year, was far from her fluent best but eventually defeated Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek.
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