Tennis:Sinner wins 1st Grand Slam match

(ANSA) - Rome, January 21 - Jannik Sinner, the 18-year-old Italian who triumphed at last year's ATP NextGen Finals, notched his first victory in a Grand Slam match when he beat local challenger Max Purcell 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 6-4 at the Australian Open.
    The talented and temperamental Fabio Fognini staged a stunning comeback to beat American Reilly Opelka after losing the first two sets.
    Andres Seppi and Camila Giorgi won their first-round matches too, beating Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic and Germany's Antonia Lottner respectively.
    Stefano Travaglia and Lorenzo Giustino, however, lost their matches.