Australian Open: Sonego makes last 16 for first time

Italian Lorenzo Sonego moved into the last 16 of the Australian Open for the first time in his career by beating Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6), 6-1, 6-2 at Melbourne Park on Saturday.

Sonego, ranked No 55, will face American qualifier Learner Tien next.

The Italian edged out Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka (6-4, 5-7, 7-5, 7-5) and won against Brazilian qualifier Joao Fonseca (6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3) in the previous rounds of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025.

Earlier in the tournament, Marozsan, ranked No 59, won against Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 5-7, 7-5) and American Frances Tiafoe, the No 17 seed (6-7 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1).

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):

• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Holger Rune
• Jannik Sinner vs. Marcos Giron
• Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Musetti: saturday
• Learner Tien beat Corentin Moutet: 7-6 (10), 6-3, 6-3
• Gael Monfils beat Taylor Fritz (4): 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Alex De Minaur (8) beat Francisco Cerundolo (31): 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-3
• Alex Michelsen beat Karen Khachanov (19): 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Jack Draper (15) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-4, 2-6, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8)
• Jiri Lehecka (24) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
• Novak Djokovic (7) beat Tomas Machac (26): 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
• Ugo Humbert (14) beat Arthur Fils (20): 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 1-0 ret.
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Jakub Mensik: 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-2
• Alexander Zverev (2) beat Jacob Fearnley: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-6, 6-2, 6-0