Australian Open: Griekspoor recovers to beat Fils and reach third round
Tallon Griekspoor edged out Arthur Fils 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 and will play the winner of the match between Holger Rune and Arthur Cazaux in the next round
Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 28 seed, moved into the third round of the Australian Open by edging out Frenchman Arthur Fils 3-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 at Melbourne Park.
Griekspoor, ranked No 31, will play the winner of the match between Dane Holger Rune, the No 8 seed, and French wildcard Arthur Cazaux next.
The Dutchman recovered to beat Russian Roman Safiullin (2-6, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-5) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round, Fils, ranked No 34, won against Jiri Vesely (4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3).
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Hugo Grenier
- Jakub Mensik vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Holger Rune vs. Arthur Cazaux: thursday
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: thursday
- Ugo Humbert vs. Zhizhen Zhang: thursday
- 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
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