Australian Open: Bonzi continues winning ways, into third round

Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi advanced to the third round of the Australian Open by edging out Italian lucky loser Francesco Passaro 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.

Bonzi, ranked No 64, will face No 24 seed Jiri Lehecka next. The frenchman has now won 29 of his last 32 matches on the pro tour.

The Frenchman beat Belgian David Goffin (6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (7)) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025, Passaro, ranked No 104, benefited from the abandonment of Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 10 seed (7-5, 2-1).

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

• Learner Tien vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Corentin Moutet vs. Mitchell Krueger
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Joao Fonseca vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Ben Shelton vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Gael Monfils
• Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin
• Tristan Boyer vs. Alex De Minaur
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Karen Khachanov
• Alex Michelsen vs. James McCabe
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Marcos Giron vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Jannik Sinner vs. Tristan Schoolkate
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Alexander Zverev
• Casper Ruud vs. Jakub Mensik
• Jack Draper vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Kei Nishikori vs. Tommy Paul
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Arthur Cazaux vs. Jacob Fearnley
• Ugo Humbert vs. Hady Habib
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sebastian Korda: wednesday
• Quentin Halys vs. Arthur Fils: wednesday
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. James Duckworth: wednesday
• Novak Djokovic vs. Jaime Faria: wednesday
• Jordan Thompson vs. Nuno Borges: wednesday
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-0, 6-1, 6-4
• Jiri Lehecka 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