Australian Open: Fils reaches third round
Arthur Fils edged out Quentin Halys 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5 on Wednesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 14 seed, and Lebanese qualifier Hady Habib in the next round
Arthur Fils (Zuma/Panoramic)
No 20 seed Arthur Fils edged out Quentin Halys 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.
Fils, ranked No 21, will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 14 seed, and Lebanese qualifier Hady Habib next.
Ahead of his victory, Arthur Fils edged out Finn Otto Virtanen (3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4).
Halys, ranked No 74, overhauled Australian Adam Walton (4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 7-5) in the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025.
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
- Kei Nishikori vs. Tommy Paul
- Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Alexander Zverev
- Ugo Humbert vs. Hady Habib: wednesday
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime: wednesday
- Jack Draper vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: wednesday
- Casper Ruud vs. Jakub Mensik: wednesday
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Jacob Fearnley: wednesday
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sebastian Korda: wednesday
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat James Duckworth: 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
- 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
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