Australian Open: Fearnley through to third round at a Major for the first time
The Brit will meet German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, in the next round
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Great Britain’s Jacob Fearnley beat Frenchman Arthur Cazaux 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.
Fearnley, ranked No 92, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Pedro Martinez and German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, next. It is the first time that the Brit has reached the round of 32 at a Major.
The 23-year-old Fearnley won against Australian Nick Kyrgios (7-6 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (2)) ahead of his win today.
In the previous round of the tournament, Cazaux, ranked No 78, defeated Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 28 seed (6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3).
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60,627,573):
- Jakub Mensik beat Casper Ruud (6): 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- 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
- Ugo Humbert (14) beat Hady Habib (Q): 6-3, 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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