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MELBOURNE, Australia – It looked like they caught up on the backlog Wednesday, although a lot of matches went very late into a chilly, wet evening.

But with that, the matches on tap are second rounds, notably Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Andy Murray.

That’s one that people are not going to forget for a long time.

And while Novak Djokovic finished very late on Tuesday night (Wednesday morning), he had a routine match while his opponent, qualifier Enzo Couacaud, just finished his own match fairly late on Wednesday night.

That one also had plenty of drama.

There’s been a lot of drama so far!

’23 Australian Open – Day 4 doubles final results

’23 Australian Open – Day 4 women’s 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

Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023
Results
Men’s singles, second round

Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) vs. Andy Murray (GBR)

0-2 comebacks

Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) def [14] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 46 46 76 (5) 61 76 [10-4]

[24] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) def [Q] Brandon Holt (USA) 46 26 63 62 62

Five-setters

Alexei Popyrin (AUS) def [8] Taylor Fritz (USA) 67 (4) 76 (2) 64 67 (6) 62

Tommy Paul (USA) def [30] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 62 26 67 (4) 63 64

Other upsets

Jenson Brooksby (USA) def [2] Casper Ruud (NOR) 63 75 67 (4) 62

[LL] Michael Mmoh (USA) def [12] Alexander Zverev (GER) 67 (1) 64 63 62

J.J. Wolf (USA) def [23] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 61 64 64

Seeds advancing

[4] Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. [Q] Enzo Couacaud (FRA) 61 67 (5) 62 60
[5] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 62 64 67 (2) 63
[9] Holger Rune (DEN) def. Maxime Cressy (FRA)75 64 64
[22] Alex de Minaur (AUS) def. Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 76 (3) 46 64 61
[25] Dan Evans (GBR) def. [PR] Jérémy Chardy (FRA) 64 64 61
[27] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) def Laslo Djere (SRB) 63 62 60