Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 10 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Australian Open by defeating Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 20 seed, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3 at Melbourne Park on Friday night.
Hurkacz, ranked No 11, will play the winner of the match between American Sebastian Korda, the No 29 seed, and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 7 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the Pole won against Spaniard Pedro Martinez (7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-2) and Italian Lorenzo Sonego (3-6, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3).
Shapovalov, ranked No 22, beat Serb Dusan Lajovic (6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1) and Japanese Taro Daniel (6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-5) earlier in the tournament.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 24.297.942, most recent results first):
- Andy Murray vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Ben Shelton
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Novak Djokovic
- Tommy Paul vs. Jenson Brooksby
- J.J. Wolf vs. Michael Mmoh
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Alex De Minaur
- Ugo Humbert vs. Holger Rune
- Andrey Rublev vs. Daniel Evans
- Sebastian Korda vs. Daniil Medvedev: friday
- Karen Khachanov (18) beat Frances Tiafoe (16): 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (9)
- Jiri Lehecka beat Cameron Norrie (11): 6-7 (8), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (6) beat Francisco Cerundolo (28): 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Yoshihito Nishioka (31) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-2
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (15) beat Marton Fucsovics: 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0
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