Not a great start of the tournament from Jerzy Janowicz that struggled a lot with his tennis.
The Pole has been battling for some time to find his game and he was about to suffer from a terrible defeat in Melbourne. Jerzy lost the first set 6-1 against the world no. 319 Jordan Thompson that managed to win also the second set.
The Jerzy managed to regroup to claw back in the match winning the third set. Finally the Pole cruised in the fourth and fifth set. The terrible part of it was the incredible number of unforced errors (64 for Jerzy that has also committed 11 double faults. Match Stats.
Janowicz: Luckily I was getting better and better
Jerzy commented “I didn’t play my best tennis; I was far from it. I knew I had to fight for every single ball. He’s a young player in his first Grand Slam tournament, so I knew he might feel a little bit of pressure. He had the chance to win the match. Maybe he was a little bit nervous.
“Luckily, after every single game, I was getting better. I was more confident with my groundstrokes. In the fourth and fifth sets I was playing pretty okay.”
Jerzy will play Pablo Andujar in the next round
