17 Jan 2023

Nadal rusty at day one of Australian Open

From Morning Report, 8:38 am on 17 January 2023

Tennis star and top Australian Open men's seed, Rafael Nadal, was a bit rusty in his first match of the grand slam yesterday, needing four sets to beat Britain's Jack Draper and progress to the second round. 

The women's world number one, Iga Swiatek on the other hand, didn't need to work so hard for her win, beating relative unknown Jule Niemeier of Germany in straight sets.

Meanwhile one of the tournament's biggest drawcards - the notorious Australian player Nick Kyrgios - has withdrawn from the slam.

Tennis commentator and host of The First Serve radio programme, Brett Phillips, spoke to Jimmy Ellingham.