“Arthur Ferri defeated Flavio Cobolli to become the first man to win a major”, — write: sport.ua
In the first round, the Italian was defeated by a representative of Great Britain in three sets Arthur Ferry (ATP 185), although he was considered a favorite. The meeting ended in 2 hours and 14 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 of the final
Arthur Ferry (Great Britain) [Q] – Flavio Cobolli (Italy) [20] – 7:6 (7:1), 6:4, 6:1
This was the first face-to-face confrontation between the rivals. Ferry was the first in the men’s grid of the major this year to win.
Arthur is making his first appearance on the Melbourne courts. In the qualification, he passed Edward Winter, Bernard Tomych and Dino Prizhmych. His next opponent will be Miomir Kecsmanovic or Thomas Martin Etcheverry.
Cobolli spent the pre-season training together with the world’s number one racket Carlos Alcaraz. Before the Australian Open, Flavio played two matches at the United Cup for Italy – a victory over Stan Wawrinka and a loss to Artur Rinderknesch.
Video review of the match
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