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World No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz, in search of the only Grand Slam title missing from his record in Melbourne, swept aside the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (65th) on Wednesday in the second round of the Australian Open.
The 21-year-old Spaniard, four-time winner of major tournaments, won 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 in just over an hour and 20 minutes, signing a second victory in three sets in a row after a already quick start against the Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko (77th).
Alcaraz will face for a place in the round of 16 the Australian Jordan Thompson (27th) or the Portuguese Nuno Borges (33rd), whose match was in progress on Wednesday at the time of the Spaniard’s victory.
If he wins in Melbourne, where his best result is a quarter-final in 2024, Alcaraz will become the youngest player in history to win all four Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open, Roland-Garros, Wimbledon and US Open).
Ten-time winner in Australia, Novak Djokovic won his duel against qualified player Jaime Faria after dropping a set. He won 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2. The Portuguese is 125th in the world.
World No. 2 Alexander Zverev, still in search of a first Grand Slam title at the age of 27, will face the Spaniard Pedro Martinez (44th) in the second part of the evening.
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