Moldovan tennis player Radu Albot, No. 98 player on the ATP rankings, meets Argentine’s Carlos Berlocq, who ranks 95th in the world in the first round of the Grand Slam Australian Open 2017, IPN reports.
Berlocq, 33, reached the second round of the Australian Open two times, in 2012 and 2013. Instead, Radu Albot will take part in this competition’s singles for the first time. In the other three Grand Slam tournaments - Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open - Albot went through to the second round.
The 105th Australian Open will be held on January 16-29, 2017 and will have prize money totaling €35 million. The winners in men’s and women’s singles will get by €2.6 million.
