Carlos Alcaraz, who was flying through his Australian Open so far, dropped a set during his third round match at the Australian Open on Friday. The Spaniard, seeded n°3, qualified for the round of 16 by eliminating the Portuguese Nuno Borges (6-2, 6-4, 6-7 [3]6-2), first unseeded player in the table as 33rd in the world.
For having failed to convert his two break points at 6-2, 6-4, 3-3 in his favor, Alcaraz was involved in this decisive game which Alcaraz lost mainly because of two unforced errors on the backhand while he served at 3-2 in this decisive game (ultimately lost 7-3).
In the next round, Alcaraz, who makes no secret of his desire to win the Australian Open for the first time in his career, will face the winner of the upcoming match between the No. 15 seed Jack Draper and the ‘Australian Aleksandar Vukic.
The other posters for the third round at the Australian Open (Grand Slam, Melbourne Park, hard, 60,627,573 USD, results displayed from newest to oldest):
- Miomir Kecmanovic – Holger Rune: scheduled for Saturday
- Jannik Sinner – Marcos Giron: scheduled for Saturday
- Ben Shelton – Lorenzo Musetti: scheduled for Saturday
- Corentin Moutet – Learner Tien: scheduled for Saturday
- Lorenzo Sonego – Fabian Marozsan: scheduled for Saturday
- Francisco Cerundolo – Alex De Minaur: scheduled for Saturday
- Taylor Fritz – Gael Monfils: scheduled for Saturday
- Alex Michelsen – Karen Khachanov: to play
- Jack Draper – Aleksandar Vukic: scheduled for Friday
- Novak Djokovic – Tomas Machac: scheduled for Friday
- Ugo Humbert – Arthur Fils: scheduled for Friday
- Jiri Lehecka – Benjamin Bonzi: scheduled Friday
- Jakub Mensik – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina : programmé vendredi
- Alexander Zverev (N.2) – Jacob Fearnley : 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Tommy Paul (N.12) – Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-6, 6-2, 6-0
