Australian Open: Sonego makes last 16 for first time
Lorenzo Sonego won against Fabian Marozsan 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6), 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday night and will face American qualifier Learner Tien in the next round
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Italian Lorenzo Sonego moved into the last 16 of the Australian Open for the first time in his career by beating Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6), 6-1, 6-2 at Melbourne Park on Saturday.
Sonego, ranked No 55, will face American qualifier Learner Tien next.
The Italian edged out Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka (6-4, 5-7, 7-5, 7-5) and won against Brazilian qualifier Joao Fonseca (6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025.
Earlier in the tournament, Marozsan, ranked No 59, won against Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 5-7, 7-5) and American Frances Tiafoe, the No 17 seed (6-7 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1).
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: saturday
- Learner Tien beat Corentin Moutet: 7-6 (10), 6-3, 6-3
- Gael Monfils beat Taylor Fritz (4): 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Alex De Minaur (8) beat Francisco Cerundolo (31): 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-3
- Alex Michelsen beat Karen Khachanov (19): 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Jack Draper (15) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 2-6, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8)
- 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
- Ugo Humbert (14) beat Arthur Fils (20): 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 1-0 ret.
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Jakub Mensik: 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-2
- Alexander Zverev (2) 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
