The Brazilian phenomenon was beaten in five sets by the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (6-7 [6]6-3, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3) who thus reached the third round of the Australian Open for the second time in his career after 2022. He has never before been further to Melbourne.
The two men offered a superb 3h37 show to the audience at the 1573 Arena. There was suspense until the end of the match, the Brazilian obtained a break point at 3-3 in the fifth set but was unable to convert it.
A first since 2023 in a Grand Slam
Opposite, the Italian found the opening in the following game and did not tremble to conclude the match at 5-3 on his serve. This is the first time since Roland-Garros 2023 that Lorenzo Sonego has gone beyond the second round at a Grand Slam.
Sonego, ranked 55th in the ATP, will face Hungarian Fabian Marozsan in the third round of the Australian Grand Slam.
-The Italian player eliminated Swiss wild card Stan Wawrinka (6-4, 5-7, 7-5, 7-5) during the previous round of the 2025 Australian Open.
Fonseca, 112th ATP player in the world, won against Russian Andrey Rublev, seeded n°9 (7-6 [1]6-3, 7-6 [5]).
The other posters for the second round 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
- Holger Rune (N.13) – Matteo Berrettini: 7-6 [3]2-6, 6-3, 7-6 [6]
- Fabian Marozsan – Frances Tiafoe (N.17) : 6-7 [3]6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Alex Michelsen – James McCabe (WC) : 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 [4]
- Marcos Giron – Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
- Taylor Fritz (N.4) – Cristian Garin (Q) : 6-2, 6-1, 6-0
- Corentin Moutet – Mitchell Krueger (Q): 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 [3]6-4
- Alex De Minaur (N.8) – Tristan Boyer (Q): 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
- Ben Shelton (N.21) – Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 [4]6-4
- Lorenzo Musetti (N.16) – Denis Shapovalov : 7-6 [3]7-6 [6]6-2
- Gael Monfils – Daniel Altmaier: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 [3]
- Francisco Cerundolo (N.31) – Facundo Diaz Acosta: Cerundolo qualified (6-2, 1-0 ab.)
- Karen Khachanov (N.19) – Gabriel Diallo: 7-6 [4]4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Miomir Kecmanovic – Hubert Hurkacz (N.18) : 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- 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
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – Felix Auger-Aliassime (N.29) : 6-7 [7]6-7 [5]6-4, 6-1, 6-3
- 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
