Australian Open: Medvedev recovers from 2-0 down to survive huge scare against Ruusuvuori

Daniil Medvedev survived a huge scare against Emil Ruusuvuori, fighting back from two sets down to eventually win out 3-6, 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-0 and reach the third round of the Australian Open.

In a match that ended past 03:30 in the morning local time, Medvedev was forced to dig deep into the reserves to find the motivation and tennis to defeat a very tricky opponent from two sets down.

In the end, and as he has done so many times before in his career, the Russian was able to grind out rallies long enough to wear down his opponent. By the end of a titanic tussle, there was nothing left in the tank for the talented Finn, who also required shoulder treatment towards the end of the match.

Medvedev, ranked No 3, will play Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 27 seed, next.

The Russian benefited from the abandonment of French qualifier Terence Atmane (5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 1-0) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round, Ruusuvuori, ranked No 53, edged out American wildcard Patrick Kypson (4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4)).

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):

• Hubert Hurkacz (9) beat Jakub Mensik (Q): 6-7 (9), 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
• Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Hugo Grenier (Q): 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Arthur Cazaux (WC) beat Holger Rune (8): 7-6 (4), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Grigor Dimitrov (13) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
• Ugo Humbert (21) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-2, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Tallon Griekspoor (28) beat Arthur Fils: 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4
• Juncheng Shang (WC) beat Sumit Nagal (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
• Nuno Borges beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23): 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Jan-Lennard Struff (24): 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (9)
• Tommy Paul (14) beat Jack Draper: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Casper Ruud (11) beat Max Purcell: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7)
• Cameron Norrie (19) beat Giulio Zeppieri (Q): 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
• Alex Michelsen beat Jiri Lehecka (32): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Alexander Zverev (6) beat Lukas Klein (Q): 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7)
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Sebastian Korda (29) beat Quentin Halys: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) beat Jordan Thompson: 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (30) beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Tomas Machac beat Frances Tiafoe (17): 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Adrian Mannarino (20) beat Jaume Munar: 6-3, 6-3, 1-6, 2-6, 6-3
• Ben Shelton (16) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
• Fabian Marozsan beat Francisco Cerundolo (22): 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2
• Taylor Fritz (12) beat Hugo Gaston (LL): 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
• Karen Khachanov (15) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
• Luca Van Assche beat Lorenzo Musetti (25): 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0
• Flavio Cobolli (Q) beat Pavel Kotov: 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
• Sebastian Baez (26) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 7-5, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Alex De Minaur (10) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 6-0, 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (4) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 6-2