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MELBOURNE, Australia – It’s the all-Canadian matchup you’ve been waiting for, with Denis Shapovalov and Félix Auger-Aliassime meeting in the third round of a major.
Unfortunately for Canadian tennis fans, the schedulers weren’t kind enough to put the match on early in the day (i.e., in the evening and night back in Canada).
The 7 p.m. start works out to … 3 a.m. in the east, midnight in the west.
2021 Australian Open
Men’s singles, third round
Friday, Feb. 12, 2021
Final results
Canadian content
[20] Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def. [11] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 75 75 63
[14] Milos Raonic (CAN) def Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 76 (2) 57 62 62
Five-setters
[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. [27] Taylor Fritz (USA) 76 (1) 64 36 46 62
[3] Dominic Thiem (AUT) def. Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 46 46 63 64 64
Upsets
[Q] Aslan Karatsev (RUS) def [8] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 63 63 63
[18] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def [15] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 60 10 retd
Seeds advancing
[6] Alexander Zverev (GER) def. [32] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 63 63 61
[23] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) def Pedro Martinez (ESP) 67 (6) 75 61 64
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