The 2025 Australian Open remains to be within the early levels, however it’s already produced some surprising outcomes. Unranked American teenager Learner Tien pulled off an enormous upset with a 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 1-6, 7-6 win towards No. 5 Daniil Medvedev in second spherical motion. Tien, the 19-year-old who wanted to qualify within the week earlier than official motion started, countered each shot the Russian threw at him. It is the most recent in a shocking run for Medvedev, who had made the Australian Open last in three of the final 4 years. Tien takes on Frenchman Corentin Moutet within the third spherical on Saturday.
As well as, No. 7 Jessica Pegula was upset 7-6, 6-1 by the hands of unranked Olga Danilovic within the third spherical of the Grand Slam match. Pegula had reached the Australian Open quarterfinals in three of the previous 4 years, and made it to the US Open Closing in 2024.
In the meantime, world No. 9 Andrey Rublev suffered a surprising first-round defeat of his personal to a different teenager in Joe Fonseca. The 18-year-old from Brazil was making his debut in the principle draw of a Grand Slam. Moreover, No. 6 Casper Ruud fell to 19-year-old Jakub Mensik within the second spherical.
U.S. star Coco Gauff’s finest end result final yr was reaching the semifinals on the Australian Open earlier than falling to Aryna Sabalenka, and we might doubtlessly see a rematch. Gauff is already by way of to the quarterfinals after caring for enterprise towards Canadian Leylah Fernandez within the third spherical. Sabalenka can also be again within the quarterfinals after dealing with Clara Tauson.
In the meantime, two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka took down No. 20 Karolina Muchova 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 and earned a ticket to the third spherical of a serious match for the primary time since 2022.
The place to look at the 2025 Australian Open
- Dates: Jan. 11-26
- The place: Melbourne Park, Australia
- Watch: ESPN, Tennis Channel
- Stream: fubo (strive without cost)
Notable males’s third spherical matches
- No. 1 Jannik Sinner vs. Marcos Giron
- No. 2 Alexander Zverev def. Jacob Fearnley 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz def. Nuno Borges 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 7-2
- No. 4 Taylor Fritz vs. Gael Monfils
- No. 7 Novak Djokovic def. Tomas Machac 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
- No. 8 Alex de Minaur vs. No. 31 Francisco Cerundolo
Notable girls’s third spherical matches
- No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka def. Clara Tauson 7-6, 6-4
- No. 2 Iga Swiatek vs. Emma Raducanu
- No. 3 Coco Gauff def. No. 30 Leylah Fernandez 6-4, 6-2
- No. 4 Jasmine Paolini vs. No. 28 Elina Svitolina
- Olga Danilovic def. No. 7 Jessica Pegula 7-6, 6-1
- No. 10 Danielle Collins vs. No. 19 Madison Keys
- No. 11 Paula Badosa def. No. 17 Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Notable males’s second spherical matches
- No. 1 Jannik Sinner def. Tristan Schoolkate 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
- No. 2 Alexander Zverev def. Pedro Martinez 6-1, 6-4, 6-1
- No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz def. Yoshihito Nishioka 6-0, 6-1, 6-4
- No. 4 Taylor Fritz def. Cristian Garin 6-2, 6-1, 6-0
- Learner Tien def. No. 5 Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 1-6, 7-6
- Jakub Mensik def. No. 6 Casper Ruud 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- No. 7 Novak Djokovic def. Jaime Faria 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-2
- No. 8 Alex de Minaur def, Tristan Boyer 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
- Fabian Marozsan def. No. 17 Frances Tiafoe 6-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Notable girls’s second spherical matches
- No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka def. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-3, 7-5
- No. 2 Iga Świątek def. Rebecca Sramkova 6-0, 6-2
- No. 3 Coco Gauff def. Jodie Anna Burrage 6-3, 7-5
- No. 4 Jasmine Paolini def. Renata Zarazua 6-2, 6-3
- Laura Siegemund def. No. 5 Qinwen Zheng 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
- No. 6 Elena Rybakina def. Iva Jovic 6-0, 6-3
- No. 7 Jessica Pegula def. Elise Mertens 6-4, 6-2
- No. 8 Emma Navarro def. Wang Xiyu 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- No. 9 Daria Kasatkina def. Wang Yafan 6-2, 6-0
- No. 10 Danielle Collins def. Destanee Aiava 7-6, 4-6, 6-2
- Naomi Osaka def. No. 20 Karolina Muchova 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
Males’s Singles
- Jannik Sinner
- Alexander Zverev
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Taylor Fritz
- Daniil Medvedev
- Casper Ruud
- Novak Djokovic
- Alex de Minaur
- Andrey Rublev
- Grigor Dimitrov
- Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Tommy Paul
- Holger Rune
- Ugo Humbert
- Jack Draper
- Lorenzo Musetti
- Frances Tiafoe
- Hubert Hurkacz
- Karen Khachanov
- Arthur Fils
- Ben Shelton
- Sebastian Korda
- Alejandro Tabilo
- Jiri Lehecka
- Alexei Popyrin
- Tomas Machac
- Jordan Thompson
- Sebastian Baez
- Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Francisco Cerundolo
- Flavio Cobolli
Girls’s singles
- Aryna Sabalenka
- Iga Swiatek
- Coco Gauff
- Jasmine Paolini
- Qinwen Zheng
- Elena Rybakina
- Jessica Pegula
- Emma Navarro
- Daria Kasatkina
- Danielle Collins
- Paula Badosa
- Diana Shnaider
- Anna Kalinskaya
- Mirra Andreeva
- Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Jelena Ostapenko
- Marta Kostyuk
- Donna Vekic
- Madison Keys
- Karolina Muchova
- Victoria Azarenka
- Katie Boulter
- Magdalena Frech
- Yulia Putintseva
- Liudmila Samsonova
- Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Elina Svitolina
- Linda Noskova
- Leylah Fernandez
- Maria Sakkari
- Dayana Yastremska