Overview
- Defending champion Jannik Sinner moved into the Australian Open second round after Hugo Gaston retired following the second set with apparent stomach issues, setting up a match against James Duckworth.
- Lorenzo Musetti, Lorenzo Sonego, Luciano Darderi, Francesco Maestrelli and Jasmine Paolini also advanced, with Musetti to face Sonego, Darderi drawn against Sebastián Báez, Maestrelli set for Novak Djokovic and Paolini meeting Magdalena Frech.
- AC Milan has completed six matches in 22 days and now enters a lighter stretch that includes skipping a mid‑February league date against Como.
- Como climbed with a 3-0 win at Lazio in Rome, as Nico Paz scored a brace and Martin Baturina added the opener, a performance praised by coach Cesc Fàbregas.
- Napoli faces its European week with seven injured players reported and Romelu Lukaku only fit for the bench for Copenhagen, with absences including David Neres, Amir Rrahmani, Matteo Politano and André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.