Pablo Carreno Busta hit one of the most amazing shots of the Australian Open against Gilles Simon and the Spaniard is apparently keen to make a habit of it. Today he struck this magical ‘tweener against Marco Cecchinato of Italy and went on to win 6-4, 6-1.
The third-seeded World No.11 movds on to face Aljaz Bedene in the second round.
Second-seeded Dominic Thiem, sixth-seeded Diego Schwartzman and seventh-seeded Pablo Cuevas were also winners on Tuesday at Rio, along with Gael Monfils, who was making his debut at the event and had to go three sets and two hours and 19 minutes to get past Horacio Zeballos.