Australian Open: Humbert through to last 16 as Fils retires from all-French encounter

No 14 seed Ugo Humbert moved into the last 16 of the Australian Open when No 20 seed Arthur Fils retired at Melbourne Park.

Humbert, ranked No 14, led 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 1-0 when Fils, ranked No 21, pulled out on Friday night at Melbourne Park.

Ugo Humbert will play German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, Humbert defeated Italian qualifier Matteo Gigante (7-6 (5), 7-5, 6-4) and Lebanese qualifier Hady Habib (6-3, 6-4, 6-4).

Arthur Fils edged out Finn Otto Virtanen (3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4) and Quentin Halys (6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5) earlier in the tournament.

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

• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Holger Rune
• Jannik Sinner vs. Marcos Giron
• Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Corentin Moutet vs. Learner Tien
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alex De Minaur
• Taylor Fritz vs. Gael Monfils
• Alex Michelsen vs. Karen Khachanov
• Jack Draper vs. Aleksandar Vukic: friday
• Jiri Lehecka (24) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
• Novak Djokovic (7) beat Tomas Machac (26): 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Jakub Mensik: 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-2
• Alexander Zverev beat Jacob Fearnley: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-6, 6-2, 6-0