{"id":420905,"date":"2026-01-18T09:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/420905\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T09:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:10:07","slug":"talia-gibson-wins-aryna-sabalenka-carlos-alcaraz-alexander-zverev-frances-tiafoe-australian-stars-day-1-tennis-results-scores-draws-players-tips-matches-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/420905\/","title":{"rendered":"Talia Gibson wins, Aryna Sabalenka, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Frances Tiafoe, Australian stars, day 1 tennis results, scores, draws, players, tips, matches, how to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve never heard of Alexander Bublik then you\u2019re missing out, and you should turn his match on right now.<\/p>\n<p>If you have heard of him, then you know he is one of the most captivating players on tour.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, Bublik is not your typical tennis player. He\u2019s a chip-pinching, tweener-deploying, underarm-serving Kazakh who has just cracked the top 10 for the first time, and is one of the sport\u2019s great showmen.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DC4X8WkCS71\/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>The secret to his success? Doing tennis his way.<\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s no one else <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/link\/follow-20170101-p5nud3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who does tennis quite like him.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always talk to my coach about that,\u201d Bublik said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I would do, what I would teach as a coach. Would I teach someone to be like Alex Bublik was? Never&#8230;If we take 1000 players, I think one can achieve what I achieved with that mindset that I have &#8230; for me, I would never teach my way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a fun way, it\u2019s nice when you can have a pint of beer before going on court and win titles. It\u2019s fun. It\u2019s fun not to practice five hours a day, but can you play tennis like this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bublik\u2019s first round match against American Jenson Brooksby is in the first set on MCA.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve never heard of Alexander Bublik then you\u2019re missing out, and you should turn his match on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-420905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}