Australian Open 2025 LIVE updates: Aussie wildcard wins first set over world No.1; Aiava begins bid to upset Collins
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Schoolkateโs win is a rare one
Tristan Schoolkate has done something no one has done in more than 100 days.
Taken a set off Sinner.
Rune roars to win, Special Ks up next
Holger Rune let out a mighty roar after taking his match against Matteo Berrittini in a fourth-set tie-break.
Rune was pumping his fists and jumping around, moments earlier he looked a ball of nerves.
Holger Rune.Credit: Getty Images
The Special Ks are up next. I reckon the crowd will be very happy this match didnโt go into a fifth as Berrettini was threatening to take it the whole distance.
Collins unhappy with someone
By Marc McGowan
The feisty and always-intense Danielle Collins asked the chair umpire at the change of ends for more โpersonal spaceโ when she is sitting down.
It seems the ballkids were getting a little too close for the Americanโs liking.
Itโs hard to imagine any of this is bad for Destanee Aiava, who is tied at 4-4 on serve after previously trailing by a break.
Danielle Collins.Credit: Getty Images
Sinner breaks Schoolkate
By Scott Spits
Thereโs the break.
Jannik Sinner has stepped up his attack on the match.
Just a reminder, heโs playing Australian wildcard Tristan Schoolkate, who won the first set against the world No.1. Schoolkate is not overwhelmed by the occasion.
Itโs great to see.Schoolkate leads 6-4, 3-5
You can smell an upset
By Scott Spits
Itโs a great atmosphere up on centre court …. with, yes it must be said, half the smell of a massive upset.
Tristan Schoolkate LEADS Jannik Sinner 6-4, 3-4.
Tristan Schoolgate.Credit: Christopher Hopkins
The crowd is starting to murmur about a boilover.
Itโs just about now, however, that Sinner is expected to step up his attack.
Aiava breaks back
This Collins v Aiava match is a cracking fight.
Collins broke Aiavaโs serve and things looked bad for the Australian, but she battled back in the next game and broke Collinsโ serve.
Aiavaโs serving at 3-3. This is such a battle.
Destanee Aiava.Credit: Christopher Hopkins
Schoolkate not backing down
By Scott Spits
You might need to settle in for the long haul, guys …
Tristan Schoolkate is taking it right up to Jannik Sinner.
Jannik Sinner of Italy plays a backhand return to Tristan Schoolkate of Australia. Credit: AP
He claimed the opening set, showing the composure of a tour mainstay.
Itโs 3-2, second set.
Aiava, Schoolkate both holding steady
Aiava has held her nerve despite some more challenges from Collins.
She is up 2-1 on serve in the first set. Each game has gone to deuce so far, itโs a real contest.
On centre court, Schoolkate continues to go toe-to-toe with World No.1 Sinner. He won the first set and is 2-2 with the set still on serve.
Aiava holds off break points
Destanee Aiava is a fighter and she has shown it from the opening match, hitting back against four break points from Danielle Collins to eventually hold her first service game.
There is a big crowd at Kia Arena to cheer her on, but Collins is a serious player who made the final here in 2022.
Aiava leads 1-0 first set.
Schoolkate wins first set
UPDATED: Tristan Schoolkate pushed Italian Jannik Sinner and won the opening set 6-4 on centre court.
Goodness me. What a set.
Schoolkate took the set after breaking the Italian to love.
Tristan Schoolkate.Credit: Getty Images
Heโs looking sharp, composed and up for the contest.
We did not see this coming.
I repeat: we did not see this coming
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