Australian Open: Nishioka gets through in three sets

Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, the No 31 seed, moved into the third round of the Australian Open by defeating Czech qualifier Dalibor Svrcina 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.

Nishioka, ranked No 33, will face American Mackenzie McDonald next.

Ahead of his victory, the Japanese won against Swede Mikael Ymer (6-4, 6-2, 7-5).

Svrcina, ranked No 216, won against Spaniard Jaume Munar (6-3, 6-2, 6-2) 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
• 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
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp: wednesday
• Sebastian Korda vs. Yosuke Watanuki: wednesday
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Rinky Hijikata: wednesday
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Lorenzo Sonego: wednesday
• Taro Daniel vs. Denis Shapovalov: wednesday
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Corentin Moutet: wednesday
• John Millman vs. Daniil Medvedev: wednesday
• 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 (6) 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