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MELBOURNE, Australia – Félix Auger-Aliassime meets a familiar foe in the second round in Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
FAA has had the measure of him, always – even back in the juniors. Which doesn’t mean that Davidovich Fokina isn’t entirely capable of pulling out a killer match on any given day.
As well, there’s Novak Djokovic.
And Carlos Alcaraz.
(Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of ET).
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Australian Open
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Jan. 12-26, 2025
Prize Money: $96,500,000 AUD
Draws: S128 – D64
Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025
Results
Men’s singles, second round
Canadian content
DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, Alejandro (ESP) def [29] AUGER-ALIASSIME, Felix (CAN) 67 (7) 67 (5) 64 61 63
Injury retirements
[24] LEHECKA, Jiri (CZE) def GASTON, Hugo (FRA) 63 31 retd
Upsets
MENSIK, Jakub (CZE) def [6] RUUD, Casper (NOR) 62 36 61 64
VUKIC, Aleksandar (AUS) def [22] KORDA, Sebastian (USA) 64 36 26 63 75
BORGES, Nuno (POR) def [27] THOMPSON, Jordan (AUS) 63 62 64
Five-setters
[15] DRAPER, Jack (GBR) def KOKKINAKIS, Thanasi (AUS) 67 (3) 63 36 75 63
[28] MACHAC, Tomas (CZE) def [PR] OPELKA, Reilly (USA) 36 76 (1) 67 (5) 76 (4) 64
Seeds advancing
[2] ZVEREV, Alexander (GER) def MARTINEZ, Pedro (ESP) 61 64 61
[3] ALCARAZ, Carlos (ESP) def NISHIOKA, Yoshihito (JPN) 60 61 64
[7] DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB) def [Q] FARIA, Jaime (POR) 61 67 (4) 63 62
[12] PAUL, Tommy (USA) def [PR] NISHIKORI, Kei (JPN) 67 (3) 60 63 61
[14] HUMBERT, Ugo (FRA) def [Q] HABIB, Hady (LBN) 63 64 64
[20] FILS, Arthur (FRA) def HALYS, Quentin (FRA) 62 46 76 (2) 75
Other results (in alphabetical order)
BONZI, Benjamin (FRA) def. [LL] PASSARO, Francesco (ITA) 62 64 36 64
CARBALLES BAENA, Roberto (ESP) def DUCKWORTH, James (AUS) 64 62 75
FEARNLEY, Jacob (GBR) def CAZAUX, Arthur (FRA) 36 75 62 63
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