MOSCOW, Jan 21 Russian Aslan Karatsev lost to Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the third match circle of the season's first Grand Slam tournament — the Australian Open (Australian Open), which takes place in Melbourne. The meeting ended with a score of 7:6 (7:4), 6:7 (4:7), 7:5, 6:4 in favor of the Frenchman, ranked 69th in the ranking of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The Russian had the 18th seed in the tournament. Tennis players spent 4 hours and 39 minutes on the court. During the match, the Russian made 16 aces, six double faults, actively won 77 goals and made 86 unforced errors. Mannarino's statistics — 11 aces, two double faults, 32 actively won goals and 22 unforced errors. Karatsev played in the main draw of the Australian Open for the second time in his career. Last year, he reached the semi-finals and became the first tennis player in the history of the Open Era (since 1968) to do so in his debut Grand Slam tournament. In the fourth round, Mannarino's opponent will be Spaniard Rafael Nadal (6th seed). In the third round he beat the Russian Karen Khachanov (28) — 6:3, 6:2, 3:6 6:1.
