The men's qualifying tournament for Australian Open 2018 is underway with first-round matches commencing on Wednesday.
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Australian veteran Sam Groth taking on top-seeded American Taylor Fritz headlines the opening day's action, while fellow Aussie Bernard Tomic begins his campaign against Frenchman Vincent Millot.
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Other exciting matches include second seed Nicolas Mahut against Serbian Danilo Petrovic, German showman Dustin Brown taking on Argentina’s Guido Andreozzi and fifth seed Vasek Pospisil against Italian Lorenzo Giustino.
A total of 128 players are vying for 16 spots in the main draw with three victories needed to make it into the first Grand Slam of the year.