Australian Open: Marozsan ousts Cerundolo
Fabian Marozsan beat Francisco Cerundolo 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday. He’ll face American Taylor Fritz, the No 12 seed, in the next round.
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Fabian Marozsan reached the third round of the Australian Open by beating Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, the No 22 seed, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2 at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.
The Hungarian is best known for upsetting Carlos Alcaraz at the 2023 Rome Masters. Now, though, Marozsan is making a run at a Grand Slam for the first time in his young career. This marks his first third-round appearance at a major.
Marozsan, ranked No 67, will next face American Taylor Fritz, the No 12 seed.
Ahead of his victory, the Hungarian edged out Croat Marin Čilić (6-1, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5).
Cerundolo, ranked No 21, beat Australian qualifier Dane Sweeny (3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2) in the previous round.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Holger Rune vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Hugo Grenier
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Jakub Mensik vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Arthur Fils vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Sumit Nagal vs. Juncheng Shang
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Ugo Humbert vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Nuno Borges vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Tommy Paul vs. Jack Draper
- Max Purcell vs. Casper Ruud
- Cameron Norrie vs. Giulio Zeppieri
- Alex Michelsen vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Alexander Zverev vs. Lukas Klein
- Novak Djokovic vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Jordan Thompson vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Sebastian Korda vs. Quentin Halys
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Andrey Rublev
- Gael Monfils vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Tomas Machac: wednesday
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Jaume Munar: wednesday
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Ben Shelton: wednesday
- Taylor Fritz beat Hugo Gaston (LL): 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Karen Khachanov: wednesday
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Luca Van Assche: wednesday
- Flavio Cobolli (Q) beat Pavel Kotov: 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
- Sebastian Baez (26) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 7-5, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Alex De Minaur (10) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 6-0, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (4) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
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