Bencic and Laaksonen victorious at the Open of Australia

What a day for Henri Laaksonen! It must mark the thickness of January 14 and keep the calendar forever. 26-year-old Swiss and Finnish dual nationality succeeds in the first success of her Grand Slam career!

6: 4, 7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 3 win the only qualifier ranked 166 against Bosniak Mirza Basic (ATP 99) – now waving a strong moment against Australian No. 1 Alex de Minaur! The second round will certainly be a big crack.

Despite the lack of time, Laaksonen is already enjoying the highest cashcheck of his career. With the equivalent of about 75,000 Swiss francs (about 25% more for the first round than last year), the professional tennis player, who is not spoiled financially , almost saved his season.

Belinda Bencic (WTA 49) also registered in the second round. Her match against the strong fighter Katerina Siniakova is confirmed as balanced, as predicted the best Switzerland. The 22-year-old Czech double-1 – in the individual WTA 34 – runs at lightning speed despite the overwhelming heat, Belinda must take a lot of risks to make a point.

Even 21-year-old Eastern Switzerland is hard. In the first set with a double foul of 3: 4 late, she collapses and ends with the cheers of her parents, her friend Martin Hromkovic and many Swiss fans who are Down Under, switching to 6: 4.

In the second set, Bencic recovers the first break again. But unlike before, she can no longer balance the gap. On the contrary, it may be the service again diminish. The frustration is the Belinda moved to watch, her snowshoe flies – 2: 6.

"She likes all three sets," Belinda was aware of her first-round opponent, which makes her more nervous than Venus Williams a year ago, who beat her surprisingly. "You have nothing to lose against a Williams, against Siniakova, I'm already more tense in the game," she said before the game.

But in the third movement, the tension seems to have diminished or become positive energy. Belinda now has the game under control, she finished sovereign with 6: 3. If she also faces her next opponent, Kasachin Julia Putintsewa (WTA 39), her chances of progressing are good.

Two out of three Swiss got off the first day of the Australian Open. Roger Federer later wants to beat Denis Istomin in the nightly session at the Rod Laver Arena at the Court Center. The other Swiss Septet players in Australia are Lausans Stan Wawrinka and Timea Bacsinszky, as well as Stefanie Vögele and Viktorija Golubic. They are all four on Tuesday.