Australian Open: Dimitrov overcomes Kokkinakis to reach third round

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 13 seed, edged out Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

Dimitrov, ranked No 13, will face Portuguese Nuno Borges next.

Ahead of his victory, the Bulgarian beat Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-2).

Kokkinakis, ranked No 80, won against Austrian Sebastian Ofner (7-6 (1), 2-6, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 7-6 (8)) in the previous round.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):

• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Jakub Mensik vs. Hubert Hurkacz: thursday
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Hugo Grenier: thursday
• Holger Rune vs. Arthur Cazaux: thursday
• Ugo Humbert (21) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-2, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Tallon Griekspoor (28) beat Arthur Fils: 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4
• Juncheng Shang (WC) beat Sumit Nagal (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
• Nuno Borges beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23): 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Jan-Lennard Struff (24): 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (9)
• Tommy Paul (14) beat Jack Draper: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Casper Ruud (11) beat Max Purcell: 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7)
• Cameron Norrie (19) beat Giulio Zeppieri (Q): 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
• Alex Michelsen beat Jiri Lehecka (32): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Alexander Zverev (6) beat Lukas Klein (Q): 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7)
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Sebastian Korda (29) beat Quentin Halys: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) beat Jordan Thompson: 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• 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