Australian Open: Musetti knocks out Shapovalov to advance into third round
Lorenzo Musetti beat Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6), 6-2 on Thursday night. He’ll play American Ben Shelton, the No 21 seed, in the next round
Lorenzo Musetti © Zuma / Panoramic
Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 16 seed, moved into the third round of the Australian Open by winning against Canadian Denis Shapovalov 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6), 6-2 at Melbourne Park.
Musetti, ranked No 15, will face American Ben Shelton, the No 21 seed, next.
The 22-year-old Italian beat Matteo Arnaldi (7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025, Shapovalov, ranked No 56, edged out Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut (3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (8)).
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
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune: thursday
- Joao Fonseca vs. Lorenzo Sonego: thursday
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Frances Tiafoe: thursday
- Alex Michelsen vs. James McCabe: thursday
- Marcos Giron vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry: thursday
- 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 beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-4
- 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
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