Roger Federer: Mikhail Kukushkin and Melbourne Park

roger federer: Seven made the main draw at Melbourne Park and three were still in contention after the first round, according to The Waterloo Record. Frances Tiafoe, who turns 19 on Friday, defeated Mikhail Kukushkin 6-1, 6-7 3 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday, while 20-year-old Ernesto Escobedo beat Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 5 6-1. The next generation of young players, all aged between 18 and 20, is starting to emerge and showing enough promise at this year's Australian Open to suggest they may be on the cusp of a breakthrough. They joined 20-year-old Noah Rubin, who won his opener a day earlier to set up a second-round match against Roger Federer. Reilly Opelka, 19, lost a tight five-setter to 11th-seeded David Goffin, while Jared Donaldson, 20, lost to Brazil's Rogerio Dutra Silva after leading two sets to none. The others failed to advance, but not before serving notice to the tour's old guard. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.