Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina reached the third round of the Australian Open, overcoming a handicap of two sets to zero (6-7 [7]6-7 [5]6-4, 6-1, 6-3) against the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, seeded n°29, at Melbourne Park, Wednesday morning.
While it had the match in hand, FAA lost track of the match. He has not gone beyond the second round at a Grand Slam since Wimbledon 2024.
For Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, this is a great first because it is the first time in his career that he has qualified for the third round of the Australian Open.
Davidovich Fokina, 66th ATP world player, will face Jakub Mensik in the third round of the Australian Grand Slam.
In the previous round of the 2025 Australian Open, the Spaniard took advantage of the abandonment of the Chinese Juncheng Shang (7-6 [1]5-2 ab.).
Auger-Aliassime, ranked 23rd in the ATP, eliminated the German Jan-Lennard Struff (6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1).
Other second round matches at the Australian Open (Grand Slam, Melbourne Park, hard, 60,627,573 USD, results displayed from newest to oldest):
- Learner Tien – Daniil Medvedev: scheduled for Thursday
- Jannik Sinner – Tristan Schoolkate: scheduled for Thursday
- Matteo Berrettini – Holger Rune: scheduled for Thursday
- Joao Fonseca – Lorenzo Sonego: programmé jeudi
- Fabian Marozsan – Frances Tiafoe: scheduled for Thursday
- Alex Michelsen – James McCabe: scheduled for Thursday
- Corentin Moutet – Mitchell Krueger: scheduled for Thursday
- Marcos Giron – Tomas Martin Etcheverry: scheduled for Thursday
- Tristan Boyer – Alex De Minaur: scheduled for Thursday
- Ben Shelton – Pablo Carreno Busta: scheduled for Thursday
- Taylor Fritz – Cristian Garin: scheduled for Thursday
- Denis Shapovalov – Lorenzo Musetti: scheduled for Thursday
- Daniel Altmaier – Gael Monfils: scheduled for Thursday
- Francisco Cerundolo – Facundo Diaz Acosta: scheduled for Thursday
- Gabriel Diallo – Karen Khachanov: scheduled for Thursday
- Hubert Hurkacz – Miomir Kecmanovic: to play
- Alexander Zverev (N.2) – Pedro Martinez Goalkeeper: 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
- Tommy Paul (N.12) – Kei Nishikori : 6-7 [3]6-0, 6-3, 6-1
- Ugo Humbert (N.14) – Hady Habib (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Jack Draper (N.15) – Thanasi Kokkinakis : 6-7 [3]6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Jakub Mensik – Casper Ruud (N.6) : 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Jacob Fearnley – Arthur Cazaux : 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Aleksandar Vukic – Sebastian Korda (N.22) : 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Arthur Fils (N.20) – Quentin Halys: 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 [2]7-5
- Roberto Carballes Baena – James Duckworth: 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
- Novak Djokovic (N.7) – Jaime Faria (Q): 6-1, 6-7 [4]6-3, 6-2
- Nuno Borges – Jordan Thompson (N.27) : 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Benjamin Bonzi – Francesco Passaro (LL): 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (N.3) – Yoshihito Nishioka : 6-0, 6-1, 6-4
- Jiri Lehecka (N.24) – Hugo Gaston: Lehecka qualified (6-3, 3-1 ab.)
- Tomas Machac (N.26) – Reilly Opelka: 3-6, 7-6 [1]6-7 [5]7-6 [4]6-4
