Australian Open: Classy Korda cruises into third round with win over Halys
Korda beat Quentin Halys 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. He’ll play the winner of the match between Christopher Eubanks and Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Sebastian Korda Australian Open 2023 || © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
American Sebastian Korda, the No 29 seed, won against Frenchman Quentin Halys 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.
Korda, ranked No 26, will play the winner of the match between American Christopher Eubanks and Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 5 seed, next.
In the previous round, the American beat qualifier Vit Kopriva (6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2).
Halys, ranked No 110, edged out South African qualifier Lloyd Harris (4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (2)) in the first round.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Holger Rune vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Hugo Grenier
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Jakub Mensik vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Arthur Fils vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Sumit Nagal vs. Juncheng Shang
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Ugo Humbert vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Nuno Borges vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Tommy Paul vs. Jack Draper
- Max Purcell vs. Casper Ruud
- Cameron Norrie vs. Giulio Zeppieri
- Alex Michelsen vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Alexander Zverev vs. Lukas Klein
- Novak Djokovic vs. Alexei Popyrin: wednesday
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Andrey Rublev: wednesday
- Jordan Thompson vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: wednesday
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (30) beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Tomas Machac beat Frances Tiafoe (17): 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Adrian Mannarino (20) beat Jaume Munar: 6-3, 6-3, 1-6, 2-6, 6-3
- Ben Shelton (16) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Fabian Marozsan beat Francisco Cerundolo (22): 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Hugo Gaston (LL): 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
- Karen Khachanov (15) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Luca Van Assche beat Lorenzo Musetti (25): 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0
- Flavio Cobolli (Q) beat Pavel Kotov: 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
- Sebastian Baez (26) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 7-5, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Alex De Minaur (10) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 6-0, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (4) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
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