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MELBOURNE, Australia – After two days of long matches and late nights the first round of qualifying is done.

And while there are no Canadians left there were plenty of great matches and interesting players to watch.

Among them are one of the hottest young players coming up in 18-year-old Joao Fonseca. Who has dropped a bagel on his opponent in each of his first two matches

AO Women’s Qs – Day 3 results

(Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of ET).

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Australian Open
Men’s qualifying, second round
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Final results

 

Extra time

[5] PASSARO, Francesco (ITA) def BARRANCO COSANO, Javier (ESP) 46 63 76 [10-8]

 

Epic comebacks

DOUGAZ, Aziz (TUN) def. HASSAN, Benjamin (LBN) 36 76 (5) 64

ONCLIN, Gauthier (BEL) def [7] KOVACEVIC, Aleksandar (USA) 36 76 (5) 61

 

 

The Kids in the House

FONSECA, Joao (BRA) def WONG, Coleman (HKG) 60 63

LANDALUCE, Martin (ESP) def. TROTTER, James (JPN) 64 75 

 

 

Upsets

ATMANE, Terence (FRA) def [2] BELLUCCI, Mattia (ITA) 76 (7) 64

ROCHA, Henrique (POR) def [3] FUCSOVICS, Marton (HUN) 62 76 (3)

GARIN, Cristian (CHI) def [10] DJERE, Laslo (SRB) 64 16 75 

HABIB, Hady (LBN) def [13] TSENG, Chun-Hsin (TPE) 64 76 (2)

[PR] GOJO, Borna (CRO) def [24] KOPRIVA, Vit (CZE) 26 63 62

CHIDEKH, Clement (FRA) def [27] KYM, Jerome (SUI) 67 (0) 63 62

COPPEJANS, Kimmer (BEL) def [31] VACHEROT, Valentin (MON) 64 76 (3)

 

 

Seeds advancing

[1] KOEPFER, Dominik (GER) def. QUINN, Ethan (USA) 36 75 61

[4] EUBANKS, Christopher (USA) def. MORO CANAS, Alejandro (ESP) 63 63

[6] MONTEIRO, Thiago (BRA) def ROYER, Valentin (FRA) 76 (1) 63

[12] TIRANTE, Thiago Agustin (ARG) def. DROGUET, Titouan (FRA) 64 76 (4)

[14] MAJCHRZAK, Kamil (POL) def SVAJDA, Zachary (USA) 67 (5) 61 62

[16] TIEN, Learner (USA) def. FICOVICH, Juan Pablo (ARG) 64 62

[17] FARIA, Jaime (POR) def [WC] SWEENY, Dane (AUS) 62 62

[18] DELLIEN, Hugo (BOL) def KASNIKOWSKI, Maks (POL) 36 75 62

[19] HARRIS, Billy (GBR) def TABERNER, Carlos (ESP) 61 62

[21] KOVALIK, Jozef (SVK) def HOLMGREN, August (DEN)  67 (3) 63 75

[25] MCDONALD, Mackenzie (USA) def HOLT, Brandon (USA) 64 64

[26] BOYER, Tristan (USA) def BARRIOS VERA, Tomas (CHI) 57 63 64

[28] KLEIN, Lukas (SVK) def SPIZZIRRI, Eliot (USA) 63 64

[32] GIGANTE, Matteo (ITA) def NEUMAYER, Lukas (AUT) 63 64

 

Other results (in alphabetical order)

BASILASHVILI, Nikoloz (GEO) def KACHMAZOV, Alibek (RUS) 75 64

[WC] ELLIS, Blake (AUS) def WATANUKI, Yosuke (JPN) 61 64

KRUEGER, Mitchell (USA) def AJDUKOVIC, Duje (CRO) 64 63

LAJAL, Mark (EST) def SHIMABUKURO, Sho (JPN) 26 76 (6) 64

SVRCINA, Dalibor (CZE) def SULTANOV, Khumoyun (UZB) 63 16 63

UCHIYAMA, Yasutaka (JPN) def. VALLEJO, Adolfo Daniel (PAR) 46 63 64

 

 

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AO men’s Qualifying – Day 2 final results

AO women’s Qualifying – Day 2 final results

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