Australian Open: Paul beats Nishikori to reach third round

American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, beat Japanese Kei Nishikori 6-7 (3), 6-0, 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.

Paul, ranked No 11, will play Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena next.

Ahead of his victory, the American won against Australian Christopher O’Connell (6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-5).

Nishikori, ranked No 76, pulled off a miraculous comeback to beat Brazilian qualifier Thiago Monteiro (4-6, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):

• Learner Tien vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Jannik Sinner vs. Tristan Schoolkate
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
• Joao Fonseca vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Alex Michelsen vs. James McCabe
• Corentin Moutet vs. Mitchell Krueger
• Marcos Giron vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Tristan Boyer vs. Alex De Minaur
• Ben Shelton vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Gael Monfils
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Karen Khachanov
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Alexander Zverev (2) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
• Ugo Humbert (14) beat Hady Habib (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime: wednesday
• Jack Draper (15) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-7 (3), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Jakub Mensik beat Casper Ruud (6): 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
• Jacob Fearnley beat Arthur Cazaux: 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Sebastian Korda (22): 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Arthur Fils (20) beat Quentin Halys: 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat James Duckworth: 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
• Novak Djokovic (7) beat Jaime Faria (Q): 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2
• Nuno Borges beat Jordan Thompson (27): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Francesco Passaro (LL): 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-0, 6-1, 6-4
• Jiri Lehecka (24) beat Hugo Gaston: 6-3, 3-1 ret.
• Tomas Machac (26) beat Reilly Opelka: 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-4