Australian Open: Kecmanovic overcomes Struff to book spot in third round

Serb Miomir Kecmanovic beat German Jan-Lennard Struff, the No 24 seed, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (9) to advance to the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

Kecmanovic, ranked No 60, will play American Tommy Paul, the No 14 seed, next.

The Serb edged out Japanese Yosuke Watanuki (4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4) in the previous round.

In the previous round, Struff, ranked No 25, won against Australian Rinky Hijikata (3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (8)).

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
• Arthur Fils vs. Tallon Griekspoor: thursday
• Sumit Nagal vs. Juncheng Shang: thursday
• Nuno Borges beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23): 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-3
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Carlos Alcaraz: thursday
• Tommy Paul 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