Australian Open: Marozsan stuns Tiafoe in five to qualify for third round
Fabian Marozsan beat Frances Tiafoe 6-7 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 and will play either Joao Fonseca or Lorenzo Sonego in the next round
Hungarian Fabian Marozsan beat American Frances Tiafoe, the No 17 seed, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to reach the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.
Marozsan, ranked No 59, will play the winner of the match between Brazilian qualifier Joao Fonseca and Italian Lorenzo Sonego next.
The Hungarian won against Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 5-7, 7-5) in the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025.
In the first round of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025, Tiafoe, ranked No 16, won against Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (7-6 (2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-3).
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):
- Learner Tien vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Jannik Sinner vs. Tristan Schoolkate: thursday
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune: thursday
- Joao Fonseca vs. Lorenzo Sonego: thursday
- Alex Michelsen beat James McCabe (WC): 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Marcos Giron beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 7-5, 3-6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
- Taylor Fritz (4) beat Cristian Garin (Q): 6-2, 6-1, 6-0
- Corentin Moutet beat Mitchell Krueger (Q): 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Alex De Minaur (8) beat Tristan Boyer (Q): 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
- Ben Shelton (21) beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-4
- Lorenzo Musetti (16) beat Denis Shapovalov: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Gael Monfils beat Daniel Altmaier: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Francisco Cerundolo (31) beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-2, 1-0 ret.
- Karen Khachanov (19) beat Gabriel Diallo: 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Hubert Hurkacz (18): 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
- Alexander Zverev (2) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Kei Nishikori: 6-7 (3), 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
- Ugo Humbert (14) beat Hady Habib (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (29): 6-7 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
- Jack Draper (15) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-7 (3), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Jakub Mensik beat Casper Ruud (6): 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Jacob Fearnley beat Arthur Cazaux: 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Aleksandar Vukic beat Sebastian Korda (22): 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Arthur Fils (20) beat Quentin Halys: 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat James Duckworth: 6-4, 6-2, 7-5
- Novak Djokovic (7) beat Jaime Faria (Q): 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2
- Nuno Borges beat Jordan Thompson (27): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Benjamin Bonzi beat Francesco Passaro (LL): 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-0, 6-1, 6-4
- Jiri Lehecka (24) beat Hugo Gaston: 6-3, 3-1 ret.
- Tomas Machac (26) beat Reilly Opelka: 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-4