Australian Open: Gaston retires handing Lehecka third-round berth

No 24 seed Jiri Lehecka moved into the third round of the Australian Open when Frenchman Hugo Gaston retired at Melbourne Park on Wednesday night.

Lehecka, ranked No 29, led 6-3, 3-1 when Gaston, ranked No 81, pulled out on Wednesday at Melbourne Park.

Jiri Lehecka will play the winner of the match between Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi and Italian lucky loser Francesco Passaro next.

Lehecka edged out Australian wildcard Li Tu (6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1)) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025, the Frenchman beat Australian wildcard Omar Jasika (6-2, 3-6, 6-2, 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
• Corentin Moutet vs. Mitchell Krueger
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Joao Fonseca vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Ben Shelton vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Gael Monfils
• Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin
• Tristan Boyer vs. Alex De Minaur
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Karen Khachanov
• Alex Michelsen vs. James McCabe
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Marcos Giron vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Jannik Sinner vs. Tristan Schoolkate
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Alexander Zverev
• Casper Ruud vs. Jakub Mensik
• Jack Draper vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Quentin Halys vs. Arthur Fils
• Ugo Humbert vs. Hady Habib
• Kei Nishikori vs. Tommy Paul
• Arthur Cazaux vs. Jacob Fearnley
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sebastian Korda
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. James Duckworth
• Novak Djokovic vs. Jaime Faria
• Jordan Thompson vs. Nuno Borges: wednesday
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Francesco Passaro: wednesday
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Carlos Alcaraz: wednesday
• Reilly Opelka vs. Tomas Machac: wednesday