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MELBOURNE, Australia – The third round began, and the seeds began to meet.

Of the (on paper) 16 seeds in the top half of the draw that were expected to make it to this stage, 12 made it.

So: quality.

Rublev v Korda looked promising, but didn’t really pan out that way. But the stark contrast in styles and ages between Shelton and Mannarino ended up in a five-set wonder in which the chill 35-year-old came out on top.

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Australian Open
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan. 14 – 28, 2024
Prize money: $86.5 million AUD
Draws: S128 / D64

Friday, Jan. 19, 2024
Final results
Men’s singles, third round

Five-setters

[20] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) def [16] Ben Shelton (USA) 76 (4) 16 67 (7) 63 64

Seeds beating seeds

[1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. [30] Thomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 63 63 76 (2)
[4] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def. [26] Sebastian Baez (ARG) 60 61 63
[5] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. [29] Sebastian Korda (USA) 62 76 (6) 64

Other seed work

[7] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def. Luca Van Assche (FRA) 63 60 64
[10] Alex de Minaur (AUS) def. [Q] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) 63 63 61
[12] Taylor Fritz (USA) def. Fabian Maroszan (HUN) 36 64 62 62
[15] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def. Tomas Machac (CZE) 64 76 (4) 46 76 (5)

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