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MELBOURNE, Australia – Not too many weak links in a third-round lineup where 12 of the 16 seeds made it.

Make that 12-of-15, as No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic would have likely been on this sked.

Instead, it’s Sonego vs Kecmanovic from his section.

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Australian Open
Friday, January 21, 2022
Men’s singles, third round
Final results

Canadian Content

[14] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) def. [23] Reilly Opelka (USA) 76 (4) 46 63 64

Going the distance

[7] Matteo Berrettini (ITA) def. [31] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 62 76 (3) 46 26 76 [10-5]

Upsets

[17] Gaël Monfils (FRA) def [16] Cristian Garin (CHI) 76 (4) 61 63
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) def. [18] Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 76 (4) 67 (4) 75 64 
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def [25] Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 64 67 (8) 62 75

Seeds advancing

[3] Alexander Zverev (GER) def. [Q] Radu Albot (MDA) 63 64 64
[6] Rafael Nadal (ESP) def. [28] Karen Khachanov (RUS) 63 62 36 61
[19] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) def. Sebastian Korda (USA) 64 75 67 (6) 63

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