Australian Open: Draper survives Kokkinakis battle to reach third round
The 15th seed will face Australian Aleksandar Vukic in the next round
15th seed Jack Draper came from two sets to one down to beat Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7 (3), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 and advance to the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday night.
Draper, ranked No 18, will face another Australian Aleksandar Vukic next at Melbourne Park.
Ahead of his win today, Draper defeated Argentinian Mariano Navone (4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2).
Kokkinakis, ranked No 71, edged out Russian Roman Safiullin (3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (5)) in the first round of the tournament.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60,627,573):
- Alexander Zverev (2) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
- Ugo Humbert (14) beat Hady Habib (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- 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
- Learner Tien vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Jannik Sinner vs. Tristan Schoolkate
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
- Joao Fonseca vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Alex Michelsen vs. James McCabe
- Corentin Moutet vs. Mitchell Krueger
- Marcos Giron vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Tristan Boyer vs. Alex De Minaur
- Ben Shelton vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Gael Monfils
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
- Gabriel Diallo vs. Karen Khachanov
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
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