Australian Open: Vukic moves into third round
Aleksandar Vukic beat Sebastian Korda 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Wednesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between No 15 seed Jack Draper and Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis in the next round
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Australian Aleksandar Vukic won against American Sebastian Korda, the No 22 seed, 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.
Vukic, ranked No 68, will face the winner of the match between No 15 seed Jack Draper and Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis next.
The Australian defeated Bosnian Damir Dzumhur (6-7 (3), 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025, Korda, ranked No 22, edged out Slovak qualifier Lukas Klein (6-3, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)).
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):
- Learner Tien vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Jannik Sinner vs. Tristan Schoolkate
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
- Joao Fonseca vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Alex Michelsen vs. James McCabe
- Corentin Moutet vs. Mitchell Krueger
- Marcos Giron vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Tristan Boyer vs. Alex De Minaur
- Ben Shelton vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
- Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Gael Monfils
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
- Gabriel Diallo vs. Karen Khachanov
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Alexander Zverev: wednesday
- Kei Nishikori vs. Tommy Paul: wednesday
- Ugo Humbert (14) beat Hady Habib (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime: wednesday
- Jack Draper vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: wednesday
- Jakub Mensik beat Casper Ruud (6): 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Jacob Fearnley: wednesday
- Arthur Fils (20) beat Quentin Halys: 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat James Duckworth: 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
- Novak Djokovic (7) beat Jaime Faria (Q): 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2
- Nuno Borges beat Jordan Thompson (27): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Benjamin Bonzi beat Francesco Passaro (LL): 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-0, 6-1, 6-4
- Jiri Lehecka (24) beat Hugo Gaston: 6-3, 3-1 ret.
- Tomas Machac (26) beat Reilly Opelka: 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-4
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