Australian Open: Auger-Aliassime through to fourth round for third year running

Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 6 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Australian Open for the third year in a row with a four-set win over Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 28 seed.

Auger-Aliassime needed two hours and 36 minutes to beat Cerundolo 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 at Melbourne Park on Friday.

Auger-Aliassime, who reached the quarter-finals here last year, will play the winner of the match between No 11 seed Cam Norrie and Czech Jiri Lehecka next.

Ahead of his victory, the 22-year-old Canadian had beaten Vasek Pospisil (1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-3) and rallied to beat Slovak Alex Molcan (3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2).

Cerundolo, ranked No 29, had scored wins over Guido Pella (6-4, 6-4, 6-3) and Frenchman Corentin Moutet (3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5) earlier in the week.

“Yes, I do feel like it’s getting better. Today was a good start, so I’m happy with the way I stepped out on the court. I was playing my best tennis. After, of course, there’s going to be a reaction from the opponent, which is normal. I’m happy that overall I found a good level today. It’s positive for what’s to come.”

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Australian Open (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 24,297,942, most recent results first):

• Andy Murray vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Ben Shelton
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Novak Djokovic
• Tommy Paul vs. Jenson Brooksby
• J.J. Wolf vs. Michael Mmoh
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Alex De Minaur
• Ugo Humbert vs. Holger Rune
• Andrey Rublev vs. Daniel Evans
• Sebastian Korda vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Karen Khachanov vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Cameron Norrie vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Yoshihito Nishioka (31) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (15) beat Marton Fucsovics: 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0