Australian Open: Davidovich Fokina beats Bublik in five sets to reach second round

Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 30 seed, advanced to the second round of the Australian Open by winning against Kazakh Alexander Bublik 6-0, 6-7 (3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 at Melbourne Park on Tuesday.

Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 32, will play the winner of the match between German Jan-Lennard Struff and American Tommy Paul next.

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Australian Open (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 24,297,942, most recent results first):

• Tomas Machac vs. Casper Ruud
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Novak Djokovic
• Enzo Couacaud vs. Hugo Dellien
• João Sousa vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Brandon Holt
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Fabio Fognini
• Chun-Hsin Tseng vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Alex De Minaur
• John Isner vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Richard Gasquet vs. Ugo Humbert
• Denis Kudla vs. Roman Safiullin
• Max Purcell vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Jenson Brooksby
• Maxime Cressy vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Tommy Paul
• Michael Mmoh vs. Laurent Lokoli
• Ben Shelton vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Filip Krajinovic vs. Holger Rune
• Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Alexander Zverev
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Andy Murray
• Taylor Fritz (8) beat Nikoloz Basilashvili: 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
• J.J. Wolf vs. Jordan Thompson
• Pablo Carreno Busta (14) beat Pedro Cachin: 7-6 (4), 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Nicolas Jarry (Q) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (26): 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Diego Schwartzman (23) beat Oleksii Krutykh (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Laslo Djere beat Zizou Bergs (Q): 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Grigor Dimitrov (27) beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-2
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Daniel Evans (25) beat Facundo Bagnis: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Jeremy Chardy beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 1-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Dominic Thiem (WC): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev (7) beat Marcos Giron: 6-0, 6-1, 6-2
• Constant Lestienne beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Lloyd Harris beat Lorenzo Musetti (17): 6-4, 6-1, 6-7, 2-6, 7-6 (4)
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) beat Quentin Halys: 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (6) beat Vasek Pospisil: 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Cameron Norrie (11) beat Luca Van Assche (WC): 7-6 (3), 6-0, 6-3
• Rinky Hijikata (WC) beat Yannick Hanfmann (Q): 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Alex Molcan beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-7 (3), 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Marton Fucsovics beat Federico Coria: 4-6, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Christopher Eubanks (WC) beat SoonWoo Kwon: 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• John Millman (WC) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-7 (8), 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3
• Dalibor Svrcina (Q) beat Jaume Munar: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
• Jiri Lehecka beat Borna Coric (21): 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-1
• Jason Kubler (WC) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Taro Daniel beat Ernesto Escobedo (Q): 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
• Rafael Nadal (1) beat Jack Draper: 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Frances Tiafoe (16) beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6)
• Karen Khachanov (18) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-0
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1), 1-6, 6-7 (10), 6-4
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Pavel Kotov (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Denis Shapovalov (20) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
• Yoshihito Nishioka (31) beat Mikael Ymer: 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
• Sebastian Korda (29) beat Cristian Garin: 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Hubert Hurkacz (10) beat Pedro Martinez: 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-2
• Corentin Moutet beat Yibing Wu (WC): 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
• Francisco Cerundolo (28) beat Guido Pella: 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (15) beat Kyle Edmund: 6-4, 6-0, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Gregoire Barrere: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Botic van de Zandschulp (32) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
• Juncheng Shang (Q) beat Oscar Otte: 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5