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MELBOURNE, Australia – Félix Auger-Aliassime faces a feisty customer in his second round match, the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
The two were junior rivals, with Auger-Aliassime taking care of him on the way to his junior US Open title in 2016.
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Australian Open
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Men’s singles, second round
Final results
Canadian content
[9] Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 76 (4) 67 (4) 76 (5) 76 (4)
Walkovers and retirements
[24] Daniel Evans (GBR) def. Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) WALKOVER
Botic Van de Zandschulp (NED) def. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 46 60 40 retd
Upsets
[WC] Christopher O’Connell (AUS) def [13] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 76 (6) 64 64
Benoit Paire (FRA) def [26] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 64 64 67 (4) 76 (2)
[Q] Taro Daniel (JPN) def [WC] Andy Murray (GBR) 64 64 64
Seeds advancing
[2] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 76 (1) 64 46 62
[4] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def Sebastian Baez (ARG) 76 (1) 67 (5) 63 64
[5] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 64 62 60
[11] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def Steve Johnson (USA) 62 64 63
[15] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) def Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 61 60 63
[20] Taylor Fritz (USA) def. Frances Tiafoe (USA)64 63 76 (5)
[27] Marin Cilic (CRO) def. [Q] Norbert Gombos (SVK) 62 63 36 76 (6)
[32] Alex de Minaur (AUS) def. Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 64 64 62
Other results
Pablo Andujar (ESP) def Alex Molcan (SVK) 64 76 (6) 06 61
Maxime Cressy (USA) def. [Q] Tomas Machac (CZE) 61 36 61 76 (5)
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