Borges surprises Davidovich Fokina in round two of Australian Open
Nuno Borges made surprisingly quick work of Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Thursday in Melbourne. Borges awaits either Grigor Dimitrov or Thanasi Kokkinakis.
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Portuguese Nuno Borges reached the third round of the Australian Open by beating Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 23 seed, 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-3 at Melbourne Park on Thursday.
Borges, ranked No 69, will face the winner of the match between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 13 seed, and Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis next.
The Portuguese won against German Maximilian Marterer (7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-2) in the previous round.
In the previous round, Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 24, defeated Frenchman Constant Lestienne (6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (5)).
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Hugo Grenier
- Jakub Mensik vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Holger Rune vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Ugo Humbert vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Arthur Fils vs. Tallon Griekspoor: thursday
- Sumit Nagal vs. Juncheng Shang: thursday
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Carlos Alcaraz: thursday
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff: thursday
- Tommy Paul (14) beat Jack Draper: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Casper Ruud (11) beat Max Purcell: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7)
- Cameron Norrie (19) beat Giulio Zeppieri (Q): 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
- Alex Michelsen beat Jiri Lehecka (32): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Alexander Zverev (6) beat Lukas Klein (Q): 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7)
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Sebastian Korda (29) beat Quentin Halys: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) beat Jordan Thompson: 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (30) beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Tomas Machac beat Frances Tiafoe (17): 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Adrian Mannarino (20) beat Jaume Munar: 6-3, 6-3, 1-6, 2-6, 6-3
- Ben Shelton (16) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Fabian Marozsan beat Francisco Cerundolo (22): 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Hugo Gaston (LL): 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
- Karen Khachanov (15) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Luca Van Assche beat Lorenzo Musetti (25): 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0
- 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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