Alert: Monfils knocks out Fritz to reach Australian Open last 16

Frenchman Gael Monfils advanced to the last 16 of the Australian Open by edging out American Taylor Fritz, the No 4 seed, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4 at Melbourne Park on Saturday.

Monfils, ranked No 41, will play the winner of the match between American Ben Shelton, the No 21 seed, and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 16 seed, next.

The 38-year-old Frenchman beat No 30 seed Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-4) and German Daniel Altmaier (7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (3)) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025, Fritz, ranked No 4, won against Jenson Brooksby (6-2, 6-0, 6-3) and Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin (6-2, 6-1, 6-0).

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
• 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

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