Australian Open: Lehecka into third round
Jiri Lehecka defeated Christopher Eubanks 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday and will face the winner of the match between No 11 seed Cameron Norrie and Frenchman Constant Lestienne in the next round
Jiri Lehecka of Czech Republic during Day 3 of the 2023 Men’s ASB Classic. ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. Wednesday 11 January 2023. (Photosport/Panoramic)
Czech Jiri Lehecka won against American wildcard Christopher Eubanks 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.
Lehecka, ranked No 71, will play No 11 seed Cameron Norrie next.
The 21-year-old Czech beat Croat Borna Coric, the No 21 seed (6-3, 6-3, 6-3) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round, Eubanks, ranked No 116, defeated SoonWoo Kwon (6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4).
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
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Botic Van De Zandschulp (32): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Sebastian Korda (29) beat Yosuke Watanuki (Q): 6-2, 7-5, 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 (7) 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
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