“Marin Cilic first crushed Daniel Altmayer, and then finished in a tiebreak”, — write: sport.ua
In the first round, the Croatian defeated the representative of Germany in three sets Daniel Altmayer (ATP 44) in 2 hours and 1 minute, issuing two bagels to the opponent in the first two games.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 of the final
Daniel Altmaier (Germany) – Marin Cilych (Croatia) – 0:6, 0:6, 6:7 (3:7)
Cilich held the first face-to-face confrontation against Altmaier.
Cilic became the first unseeded player to win the first two sets of a Grand Slam match 6-0 since Philipp Petzschner at the 2012 Australian Open.
Interestingly, Altmaier got three bagels in a row, losing a total of 25 games. Before the Australian Open 2026, Daniel played in the competition in Adelaide, where in the first round he lost to Jaume Munyar 3:6, 0:6, although he led with a score of 3:0.
In the second round of the major in Melbourne, Cilic will play against the 21st seeded Denis Shapovalov (Canada, ATP 23).
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