Australian Open: Cerundolo wins against Moutet

Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 28 seed, edged out Frenchman Corentin Moutet 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 to move into the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.

Cerundolo, ranked No 29, will play Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 6 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the Argentinian won against Guido Pella (6-4, 6-4, 6-3).

Moutet, ranked No 62, beat Chinese wildcard Yibing Wu (6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5) in the previous round.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 24.297.942, most recent results first):

• Andy Murray vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Enzo Couacaud vs. Novak Djokovic
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Alex De Minaur
• Brandon Holt vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Laslo Djere
• Maxime Cressy vs. Holger Rune
• Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Benjamin Bonzi
• Taylor Fritz vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Denis Kudla vs. Ugo Humbert
• Michael Mmoh vs. Alexander Zverev
• Diego Schwartzman vs. J.J. Wolf
• Ben Shelton vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Andrey Rublev vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Jenson Brooksby vs. Casper Ruud
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Tommy Paul
• Jeremy Chardy vs. Daniel Evans
• Cameron Norrie vs. Constant Lestienne: wednesday
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Jiri Lehecka: wednesday
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp: wednesday
• Sebastian Korda vs. Yosuke Watanuki: wednesday
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) beat Rinky Hijikata (WC): 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Lorenzo Sonego: wednesday
• Taro Daniel vs. Denis Shapovalov: wednesday
• Yoshihito Nishioka (31) beat Dalibor Svrcina (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev (7) beat John Millman (WC): 7-5, 6-2, 6-2
• Marton Fucsovics beat Lloyd Harris: 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
• Karen Khachanov (18) beat Jason Kubler (WC): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
• Frances Tiafoe (16) beat Juncheng Shang (Q): 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Rafael Nadal (1): 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
• Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Alex Molcan: 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
• Jannik Sinner (15) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2