Number 185 knocks out 20th seed in Australian Open debut

It's barely started, and the underdog is already out at the Australian Open. And the first seed to fall, right on his debut, was the Italian Flavio Cobolli, 22nd in the world. The executioner was the British qualifier Arthur Fery (185th in the ranking, aged 23), who won by 7/6, 6/4 and 6/1.

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This is just Fery's first appearance in Melbourne. Until then, the Briton had only played Grand Slams at home, at Wimbledon, registering one victory in four matches. His only triumph on the traditional British grass was last year, against Australian Alexei Popyrin.

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Even in ATP tournaments, with his only victory in Slams, the tennis player from the United Kingdom only had two victories in six games. This is because most of his career has been in the Challengers, tournaments below the ATP's.

In the second round, the UK tennis player will face Argentine Thomas Etcheverry or Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic

Second defeat in a row in the debut of the Australian Open

Despite the excellent ranking, Cobolli, who did the pre-season with the number 1 in the world, the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, also lost in his debut in Melbourne, last year.

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Another surprise on the first day in Melbourne was the fall of American Sebastian Korda (15th) 6/4, 6/4, 3/6, 6/7 and 6/3 to qualifier Michael Zheng, who had never played a main draw match in ATP tournaments.