Borges silences Australian Open crowd, beating Thompson in straight sets

Portuguese Nuno Borges won against Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 27 seed, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.

Borges, ranked No 33, will play Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the No 3 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the Portuguese edged out Frenchman Alexandre Muller (6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2, 7-5).

Thompson, ranked No 27, defeated German qualifier Dominik Koepfer (7-6 (3), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3) in the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):

• Learner Tien vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Corentin Moutet vs. Mitchell Krueger
• Fabian Marozsan vs. Frances Tiafoe
• Joao Fonseca vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Lorenzo Musetti
• Ben Shelton vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
• Daniel Altmaier vs. Gael Monfils
• Taylor Fritz vs. Cristian Garin
• Tristan Boyer vs. Alex De Minaur
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
• Gabriel Diallo vs. Karen Khachanov
• Alex Michelsen vs. James McCabe
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Marcos Giron vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Jannik Sinner vs. Tristan Schoolkate
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Alexander Zverev
• Casper Ruud vs. Jakub Mensik
• Jack Draper vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Kei Nishikori vs. Tommy Paul
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Arthur Cazaux vs. Jacob Fearnley
• Ugo Humbert vs. Hady Habib
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sebastian Korda: wednesday
• Quentin Halys vs. Arthur Fils: wednesday
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. James Duckworth: wednesday
• Novak Djokovic vs. Jaime Faria: wednesday
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Francesco Passaro (LL): 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz 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