Australian Open: Carballes Baena makes third round
Roberto Carballes Baena won against James Duckworth 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday night and will face the winner of the match between Japanese Kei Nishikori and American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, in the next round
Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena beat Australian James Duckworth 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 to reach the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.
Carballes Baena, ranked No 57, will face the winner of the match between Japanese Kei Nishikori and American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, next.
The Spaniard edged out Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, the No 23 seed (1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (1)) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025, Duckworth, ranked No 89, won against Swiss Dominic Stricker (6-2, 6-4, 6-2).
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
- Kei Nishikori vs. Tommy Paul
- Ugo Humbert vs. Hady Habib
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Jack Draper vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: wednesday
- Casper Ruud vs. Jakub Mensik: wednesday
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Jacob Fearnley
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sebastian Korda: wednesday
- Quentin Halys vs. Arthur Fils
- 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