German Alexander Zverev, seeded No. 2, won three sets to zero (6-3, 6-4, 6-4) against Jacob Fearnley to reach the round of 16 of the Australian Open on Friday at Melbourne Park.
Zverev, 2nd ATP player in the world and driven more than ever by the quest for a first Grand Slam title, will face the winner of the upcoming match between the No. 14 seed Ugo Humbert and the No. 1 seed. °20 Arthur Fils during the round of 16 of the Australian Grand Slam.
The German has still not conceded a set or even been dragged into an extended set against Lucas Pouille (6-4, 6-4, 6-4) and the Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero (6-1, 6- 4, 6-1).
However, he dropped his serve twice in the match for the first time in the tournament, once in the second set, once in the third. Without any unfortunate consequences on the final score.
Jacob Fearnley, 92nd in the world, was the scorer of Nick Kyrgios (7-6 [3]6-3, 7-6 [2]) and Frenchman Arthur Cazaux (3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3).
Other third round matches 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
- Nuno Borges – Carlos Alcaraz: scheduled for Friday
- Tommy Paul (N.12) – Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-6, 6-2, 6-0
