Australian Open: Lehecka breezes past Bonzi to reach last 16
Jiri Lehecka won against Benjamin Bonzi 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 on Friday night. He’ll face either Novak Djokovic or Tomas Machac in the next round
Jiri Lehecka, Australian Open, 2025 © Zuma / Psnewz
No 24 seed Jiri Lehecka reached the last 16 of the Australian Open by defeating Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 at Melbourne Park.
Lehecka, ranked No 29, will play the winner of the match between Serb Novak Djokovic, the No 7 seed, and No 26 seed Tomas Machac next.
Jiri Lehecka edged out Australian wildcard Li Tu (6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1)) and benefited from the abandonment of Frenchman Hugo Gaston (6-3, 3-1) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025, Bonzi, ranked No 64, won against Belgian David Goffin (6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (7)) and edged out Italian lucky loser Francesco Passaro (6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4).
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Holger Rune
- Jannik Sinner vs. Marcos Giron
- Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Corentin Moutet vs. Learner Tien
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Fabian Marozsan
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alex De Minaur
- Taylor Fritz vs. Gael Monfils
- Alex Michelsen vs. Karen Khachanov
- Jack Draper vs. Aleksandar Vukic: friday
- Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Machac: friday
- Ugo Humbert vs. Arthur Fils: friday
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Jakub Mensik: 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-2
- Alexander Zverev (2) beat Jacob Fearnley: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 7-6, 6-2, 6-0
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