Korda to face Medvedev in third round

American Sebastian Korda, the No 29 seed, defeated Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.

Korda, ranked No 31, will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 7 seed, next.

The 22-year-old American won against Chilean Cristian Garin (6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2) in the previous round.

During the first round, Watanuki, ranked No 138, won against Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (6-3, 6-3, 6-2).

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 24.297.942, most recent results first):

• Andy Murray vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Enzo Couacaud vs. Novak Djokovic
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Alex De Minaur
• Brandon Holt vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Laslo Djere
• Maxime Cressy vs. Holger Rune
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Taylor Fritz vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Denis Kudla vs. Ugo Humbert
• Michael Mmoh vs. Alexander Zverev
• Diego Schwartzman vs. J.J. Wolf
• Ben Shelton vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Andrey Rublev vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Jenson Brooksby vs. Casper Ruud
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tommy Paul
• Jeremy Chardy vs. Daniel Evans
• Cameron Norrie vs. Constant Lestienne: wednesday
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Jiri Lehecka: wednesday
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Botic Van De Zandschulp (32): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) beat Rinky Hijikata (WC): 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Lorenzo Sonego: wednesday
• Denis Shapovalov (20) beat Taro Daniel: 6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Francisco Cerundolo (28) beat Corentin Moutet: 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
• Yoshihito Nishioka (31) beat Dalibor Svrcina (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev beat John Millman (WC): 7-5, 6-2, 6-2
• Marton Fucsovics beat Lloyd Harris: 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Karen Khachanov (18) beat Jason Kubler (WC): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
• Frances Tiafoe (16) beat Juncheng Shang (Q): 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Rafael Nadal (1): 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (6) beat Alex Molcan: 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
• Jannik Sinner (15) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2