Australia’s top hope of a homegrown victor of the local Grand Slam, Alex de Minaur, demolished American Tennys Sandgren in a straight-sets win to get his campaign off to a perfect start. Sandgren then repeated his regular complaints about hotel quarantine, labelling it “a joke of preparation”. His first grand slam match was frighteningAus Open quarantine critic bundled out in first round, defends commentsThe outspoken world No. Early in the third set, Sandgren had De Minaur stranded at the net with the wide-open court at his mercy. Sandgren had already put himself off-side with much of the Australian sporting public over his antics in hotel quarantine.

Source: The Local February 09, 2021 09:01 UTC