Learner Tien, 19, beats Corentin Moutet while Gael Monfils, 38, defeats fourth seed Taylor Fritz to reach the Australian Open fourth round.
Roared on by Brazilian fans decked out in yellow, Fonseca appeared totally unfazed as he set up a second-round meeting with Italy's Lorenzo Sonego
Rising star Joao Fonseca knocks ninth seed Andrey Rublev out of Australian Open - The 18-year-old claimed a 7-6 (1) 6-3 7-6 (5) victory on his grand slam debut.
The 19-year-old American Learner Tien secured the biggest win of his young career in taking down No. 5 Daniil Medvedev
Over a nearly four-hour-long, five-set grind, Gael Monfils, 38 and hitting form once again, defeated Giovanni Mpetschi Perricard, the 6-ft 8-in tall 21-year-old whose 230 kmph thunderbolt first serves have universally caught the tennis cognoscenti’s eyes,
Taylor Fritz scorched through to an Australian Open third-round clash against Gael Monfils with another emphatic win on Thursday, dropping just eight games in the tournament so far.
Joao has wowed the cognoscenti in recent months, as clips of that forehand have gone viral and he rolled to a title at a Challenger event Canberra. Now, against Rublev, we’ll see what he can do against Top 10 competition, and a player whose own forehand has always been a world-class weapon.
The Irvine native and 19-year-old qualifier, who played one semester at USC, wins a 4-hour, 49-minute thriller that ends at nearly 3 a.m. in Melbourne
There are six American men and five American women in the third round. Tommy Paul, Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula all play Thursday. No. 17 Frances Tiafoe, a two-time U.S. Open semifinalist, was upset by Hungary’s Fábián Marozsán in five sets in the second round.
The 2025 Australian Open is in full swing, and there have already been matches that carry major implications for the season ahead of us. Below are five takeaways from the first two rounds of this year's first Grand Slam.
Teenage qualifier Learner Tien stunned last year's Australian Open runner-up Daniil Medvedev in an epic match ending at nearly 3:00 am Friday after defending champion Jannik Sinner roared back to