Australian Open: Zverev makes third round
German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, moved into the third round of the Australian Open by defeating Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero 6-1, 6-4, 6-1 at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.
The six games he conceded are the fewest he has ever dropped in an Australian Open singles match.
Zverev, ranked No 2, will face Jacob Fearnley next.
Ahead of his victory, the German won against French wildcard Lucas Pouille (6-4, 6-4, 6-4).
Martinez Portero, ranked No 44, benefited from the abandonment of Italian Luciano Darderi (6-3, 4-1) in the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):
- 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
- Kei Nishikori vs. Tommy Paul: wednesday
- Ugo Humbert (14) beat Hady Habib (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Alexander Davidovich Fokina Felix Auger-Aliassime: Wednesday
- Jack Draper vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: Wednesday
- Jakub Mensik beat Casper Ruud (6): 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Jacob Fearnley beat Arthur Cazaux: 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Aleksandar Vukic beats 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
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