Australian Open men’s defending champion Rafael Nadal is through to the second round after a four-set win over Jack Draper in almost four hours. Nadal won through 7-5 2-6 6-4 6-1 to book a second-round meeting with Mackenzie McDonald.
Australian Open debutant Draper dropped 13 aces to Nadal’s six, and both players logged 46 unforced errors.
The 22-time Grand Slam winner had revealed he had to ‘rebuild’. “I need to build again all this momentum. I need to build again this confidence with myself with victories.
