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MELBOURNE, Australia – No Canadian men in the lineup on Tuesday, Day 2 of the 2023 Australian Open.

But Novak Djokovic returned in triumph.

And Nick Kyrgios was supposed to be back on the “people’s stadium” – John Cain Arena (which has had several name changes but still has been a happy place for him). Except a tear in his lateral meniscus and a cyst which formed as a result of the tear, has proven to not be manageable to get him through the AO.

He’s going back home to Canberra, and will have an arthroscopic procedure and hopes to be back by Indian Wells.

But there was also Rublev vs. Thiem (not a classic). Berrettini vs. Murray (an epic).

So, no lack of potentially gripping matches. Heat wave, thunderstorms – and into the wee hours.

’23 Australian Open – Day 2 women’s final results

Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of Eastern time.

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan 16 – 29, 2023
Draw size: S128 / D64 / XD32

Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023
Final results

Superbreakers

Andy Murray (GBR) def [13] Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 63 63 46 67 (9) 76 [10-6]
Ben Shelton (USA) def Zhang Zhizhen (CHN) 46 63 62 26 76 [10-4]

Five-setters

[12] Alexander Zverev (GER) def. [LL] Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) 46 61 57 76 (3) 64
[30] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) def. Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 60 67 (3) 36 64 63
[WC] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) def Tseng Chun-Hsin (TPE) 46 76 (5) 67 (5) 76 (4) 61

Upsets

[Q] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) def [26] Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 63 64 76 (3)

Seeds rolling

[2] Casper Ruud (NOR) def. Tomas Machac (CZE) 63 76 (6) 67 (5) 63
[4] Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 63 64 60
[5] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def [WC] Dominic Thiem (AUS) 63 64 62
[8] Taylor Fritz (USA) def Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 64 62 46 75
[9] Holger Rune (DEN) def. Filiip Krajinovic (SRB) 62 63 64
[14] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) def Pedro Cachin (ARG) 76 (4) 61 76 (3)
[22] Alex de Minaur (AUS) def. Hsu You Hsiou (TPE) 62 62 63
[23] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) def. [Q] Oleksii Krutykh (UKR) 64 67 (6) 63 76 (5)
[25] Dan Evans (GBR) def Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 64 46 64 64
[27] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 76 (3) 75 62

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) def. [Q] Mattia Bellucci (ITA) 46 63 76 (5) 64
Jenson Brooksby (USA) def. Christopher O’Connell (AUS) 36 62 63 62
[PR] Jérémy Chardy (FRA) def. Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) 16 75 61 64
Laslo Djere (SRB) def. [Q] Zizou Bergs (BEL)64 16 64 61
Tommy Paul (USA) def. [Q] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 61 76 (6) 62
J.J. Wolf (USA) def. Jordan Thompson (AUS) 63 36 64 75

Suspended

[24] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs. Joao Sousa (POR) 63 *10 – suspended

Emil Ruusovuori (FIN) vs. [Q] Max Purcell (AUS) 46 63 64 66* 0-0 – suspended
Maxime Cressy (USA) vs. Albert Ramos-Viñolas (ESP) 76 (2) 75 36 *22 – suspended
~~David Goffin (FRA)~~ [LL] Michael Mmoh (USA) vs. [Q] Laurent Lokoli (FRA) 46 26 76 (7) 64 3-1* 30-30 – suspended
John Isner (USA) vs. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 76 (5) *3-4 *30-0 – suspended
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) vs. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 61 62 42* *15-40 – suspended
[Q] Brandon Holt (USA) vs. [Q] Aleksander Vukic (AUS) 64 16 *42 – suspended
Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. Ugo Humbert (FRA) *12 Ad in – suspended