Australian Open: Marozsan ousts Cerundolo

Fabian Marozsan reached the third round of the Australian Open by beating Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, the No 22 seed, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2 at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.

The Hungarian is best known for upsetting Carlos Alcaraz at the 2023 Rome Masters. Now, though, Marozsan is making a run at a Grand Slam for the first time in his young career. This marks his first third-round appearance at a major.

Marozsan, ranked No 67, will next face American Taylor Fritz, the No 12 seed.

Ahead of his victory, the Hungarian edged out Croat Marin Čilić (6-1, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5).

Cerundolo, ranked No 21, beat Australian qualifier Dane Sweeny (3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2) in the previous round.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):

• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Holger Rune vs. Arthur Cazaux
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Hugo Grenier
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Jakub Mensik vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Arthur Fils vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Sumit Nagal vs. Juncheng Shang
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Ugo Humbert vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
• Nuno Borges vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Tommy Paul vs. Jack Draper
• Max Purcell vs. Casper Ruud
• Cameron Norrie vs. Giulio Zeppieri
• Alex Michelsen vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Alexander Zverev vs. Lukas Klein
• Novak Djokovic vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Jordan Thompson vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Sebastian Korda vs. Quentin Halys
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Andrey Rublev
• Gael Monfils vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Tomas Machac: wednesday
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Jaume Munar: wednesday
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Ben Shelton: wednesday
• Taylor Fritz beat Hugo Gaston (LL): 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Karen Khachanov: wednesday
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Luca Van Assche: wednesday
• 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