Australian Open: Davidovich Fokina comes from two sets down against Auger-Aliassime
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina overhauled the situation against Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-7 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 on Wednesday. He’ll face Jakub Mensik in the next round
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Zuma/Panoramic)
Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina moved into the third round of the Australian Open by overhauling Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 29 seed, 6-7 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 at Melbourne Park.
The match ran into the early hours of the morning, finishing at 1.15am.
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 66, will play Jakub Mensik next.
In the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025, the Spaniard benefited from the abandonment of Chinese Juncheng Shang (7-6 (1), 5-2).
Auger-Aliassime, ranked No 23, won against German Jan-Lennard Struff (6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1) in the first round of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025.
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
- Alexander Zverev (2) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Kei Nishikori: 6-7 (3), 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
- Ugo Humbert (14) beat Hady Habib (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Jack Draper (15) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-7 (3), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Jakub Mensik beat Casper Ruud (6): 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Jacob Fearnley beat Arthur Cazaux: 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Aleksandar Vukic beat Sebastian Korda (22): 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
- 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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