On January 12, Beijing time, the first day of competition for the 2025 Australian Open, the men's singles No. 6 seed Ruud unexpectedly fell into a hard battle, and fought fiercely with Spanish player Munar in five sets, and passed the test 6-3/1-6/7-5/2-6/6-1.

Ruud only warmed up for the Australian Open in the United Cup, beating Mahachi and Hurkacz in the United Cup. The two sides have met four times before, with Ruud having a slight advantage with 3 wins and 1 loss. At the start of the match, Ruud quickly got into the groove to take a break 3-0 lead and take the next set 6-3. However, the situation changed in the second set, and after the battle was tied at 1-1, Munar won six games in a row, won the first set 6-1 and broke serve in the third set. In the third set, the two sides battled all the way to 5-5, and Ruud cashed in the first set point at the critical moment to take the lead again at 7-5. In the fourth set, Munar picked up again and took the match to a 6-2 decider, but Ruud did not leave another chance in the deciding set, completing two breaks to seal the victory 6-1.

Compared to the French Open and the US Open, the Australian Open is not Ruud's specialty, and he has played in the main draw of the Australian Open five times before, reaching the round of 16 only once in 2021. Ruud's opponents in the second round will be between Menshik and Baslashvili, along with Paulo, Aliassime and Tabilo among the seeded players.

In the other match, Japanese veteran Kei Nishikori saved two match points in the third set to defeat Monteiro 4-6, 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 to make it to the second round.

The 2025 Australian Open is wonderful, witnessed with the Australian Open partner Luzhou Laojiao and Guojiao 1573!

(Text and editor: Dato)