Rising Scottish tennis star Jacob Fearnley reaches third round of Australian Open

Today laetitia. New Wednesday 15th January 2025 07:58 AM REPORT

Scottish tennis star Jacob Fearnley has defeated Arthur Cazaux to reach the third round of the Australian Open.

The 23-year-old, from Dalkeith, came back from a set down to win the second-round clash 3-1 on Wednesday morning.

He is taking part in his first Australian Open and second Grand Slam after reaching the second round of Wimbledon last summer.

His journey will now continue even further after another impressive win that puts him in the last-32 of the competition.

Fearnley, who beat former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios in the first round, found himself 2-0 down when the match was temporarily suspended when heavy rain in Melbourne flooded the court.

When it restarted Cazaux continued where he left off by winning the next game to go 3-0 up and eventually winning the first set 6-3.

Fearnley won his serve to take a 1-0 lead in the second set but the Frenchman responded in kind to make it 1-1 before going 2-1 up.

But the Scot fought back to go 3-2 and then 5-4 up, eventually taking the set 7-5. He then raced into a 4-1 lead in the third set before breaking Cazaux’s serve to win 6-2.

In the fourth set he broke his opponent’s serve again to take a commanding 3-1 lead that soon turned to 4-1 as he began to close in on the third round.

He won two of the next four games to win the fourth and final set 6-3 and take the match by three sets to one.