Australian Open: Moutet books spot in third round

Frenchman Corentin Moutet edged out American qualifier Mitchell Krueger 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-4 to reach the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday night.

Moutet, ranked No 69, will play the winner of the match between American qualifier Learner Tien and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 5 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the Frenchman edged out Australian Alexei Popyrin, the No 25 seed (4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4).

Krueger, ranked No 146, defeated Australian Rinky Hijikata (6-4, 6-4, 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: thursday
• Joao Fonseca vs. Lorenzo Sonego: thursday
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Frances Tiafoe: thursday
• Alex Michelsen vs. James McCabe: thursday
• Marcos Giron vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: thursday
• Taylor Fritz (4) beat Cristian Garin (Q): 6-2, 6-1, 6-0
• Alex De Minaur (8) beat Tristan Boyer (Q): 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
• Ben Shelton (21) beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-4
• Lorenzo Musetti (16) beat Denis Shapovalov: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Gael Monfils beat Daniel Altmaier: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Francisco Cerundolo (31) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-2, 1-0 ret.
• Karen Khachanov (19) beat Gabriel Diallo: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Hubert Hurkacz (18): 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
• Alexander Zverev (2) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Kei Nishikori: 6-7 (3), 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
• Ugo Humbert (14) beat Hady Habib (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (29): 6-7 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
• 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