Australian Open: Zverev with comfortable win over Michelson to reach last 16

German Alexander Zverev, the No 6 seed, won against American Alex Michelsen 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-2 to move into the last 16 of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

“The new generation’s coming and they’re coming very fast. There are a lot of great players,” Zverev said in his on-court post-match press conference.

“Tennis is in good hands. Everyone was worried when Sampras and Agassi retired… then Nadal and Federer came, and Djokovic obviously.

“He [Norrie] has played brilliant tennis so far, he played a great match with Casper Ruud… He’s in great form and I’m looking forward to playing him.”

Zverev, ranked No 6, will face No 19 seed Cameron Norrie next.

Ahead of his victory, the German defeated Dominik Koepfer (4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-3) and Slovak qualifier Lukas Klein (7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7)).

Michelsen, ranked No 91, won against Australian wildcard James McCabe (7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-1, 6-2) and edged out No 32 seed Jiri Lehecka (4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4) in the previous rounds.

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

• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (27): 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
• Nuno Borges beat Grigor Dimitrov (13): 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (6)
• Cameron Norrie beat Casper Ruud (11): 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Juncheng Shang (WC): 6-1, 6-1, 1-0 ret.
• Arthur Cazaux (WC) beat Tallon Griekspoor (28): 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
• Hubert Hurkacz (9) beat Ugo Humbert (21): 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Tommy Paul (14): 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-0
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Sebastian Korda (29): 6-2, 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Alex De Minaur (10) beat Flavio Cobolli (Q): 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
• Novak Djokovic (1) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (30): 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Adrian Mannarino (20) beat Ben Shelton (16): 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) beat Luca Van Assche: 6-3, 6-0, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz (12) beat Fabian Marozsan: 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
• Jannik Sinner (4) beat Sebastian Baez (26): 6-0, 6-1, 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (15) beat Tomas Machac: 6-4, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (5)