This year’s Australian Open has already made headlines, thanks to the Novak Djokovic saga. Since the deportation of the Serb, all eyes have turned to Melbourne. Notably, the Slam finally started on January 17 as scheduled and has provided 2 pretty interesting days so far.

The first two days of the Australian Open saw some intense matches, incredible shooting, some upsets and more. Fans saw some amazing shots from Day 2, especially from Nick Kyrgios. However, on day three we saw one of the most incredible and clever shots in the men’s singles second round match.

Incredible shot on day three of the Australian Open

In the second-round match between Spain’s No. 19 seed Pablo Carreno Busta and Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands, the world saw something incredible. In the 3rd set, Griekspoor tried to hit an overhead smash, but he timed it wrong. The ball fell to Carreno Busta’s side of the pitch but returned to Griekspoor’s pitch.

Many players would have given up on this point. But the Spaniard didn’t and he ran furiously to get the ball back. He had to go around the net to his opponent’s court to hit the ball and win the point. The Spaniard hardly had any choice but to go to his opponent’s side to win the point.

Luckily Carreno Busta didn’t hit the net otherwise he would have lost the point. Many fans on social media question the legality of the shot, and some praise the shot.

Results from days 1 and 2 so far

On Matchday 1, No.6 seed Rafael Nadal took a cakewalk in his opener, beating Marcos Giron 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. The No. 3 seed and current world No. 3 Alexander Zverev had to battle to beat his compatriot Daniel Altmaier 7-6, 6-1, 7-6.

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The No. 1 seed Ashleigh Barty won her first women’s singles match quite easily by defeating Lesia Tsurenko, 6-0.6-1. There were some big upsets on day one, when teenage sensation Coco Gauff was knocked out of her opener by China’s Qiang Wang. In another match, British No. 1 Cameron Norrie lost to American Sebastian Korda.

On day two, all top seeds in men’s and women’s singles advanced to the second round. However, three-time Grand Slam winner Angelique Kerber lost in the first round match to Estonian Kaia Kanepi. Meanwhile, two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova lost to Romania’s Sorana Cirstea.

Day three is already exciting so far with many top seeds playing to reach the third round with incredible shots.

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