Naomi Osaka's Australian Open campaign ended abruptly with a mid-match retirement during her third-round clash. Meanwhile, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina staged a dramatic comeback against Jakub Mensik, saving two match points to secure a spot in the round of 16.
Naomi Osaka , a two-time champion at Melbourne Park, ended her Australian Open campaign by retiring midway through her third-round match. Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina claimed a spot in the round of 16 in a dramatic five-set match against Jakub Mensik. 'I didn't remember that I saved two match points, I was so focused on every point and winning the tiebreak,' he said while laughing.
(Reuters) He was also asked about if Melbourne is now his favorite city in Australia, having previously listed Brisbane as his favorite. Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich has defeated Czech Jakub Mensik in five sets. 19-year-old Jakub Mensik did receive treatment to his foot so there was a slight injury he dealt with. Incredibly, tonight's match is 20 years to the day since he made his Australian Open debut when he faced Marat Safin in 2005! Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic has had two four-setters so far this week at Melbourne Park, beating USA's Nishesh Basavareddy in the first round and then Portugal's Jaime Faria in the second. 'I'm inside Rod Laver Arena and the pre-match hype has me unsure whether it's Dua Lipa or Novak Djokovic that is set to come out to play. ' By Lewis Wiseman However Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina had other plans. He saved two match points in the third set and went on to win it. Now he has just won the fourth set too. 'At this moment I really feel for Naomi,' she said. 'I saw her struggling a bit at the end of the set. It’s not the way you’d like the match to end. It was a good match. And to make you certain that Bencic is a great person, she wrote 'Get well soon Naomi' on the camera lens as well. At the end of the set, Osaka appeared to be hurt and decided to pull out of the match in the break. That's right, Australian Kim Birrell has returned to Court 7 for a second time today. Her and mixed doubles partner John-Patrick Smith are in action against Hao-Ching Chan and Marcelo Melo. Can she win twice on the same day, on the same court at the Australian Open? Let's find out.Germany's Aleksander Zverev has moved into the Fourth Round with ease. Carlos Alcaraz Nuno Borges did what no other player has done at this tournament and took a set off him, but all it seems to have done is energised the 21-year-old in his first match on centre court in 2025. Alcaraz has tattoos representing his other slams — the date of his first title at the US Open in 2022, an Eiffel Tower for Roland Garros, a strawberry for Wimbledon. He's been asked what he's going to get inked if he lifts the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup. is heading into the fourth round of the Australian Open for the second year in a row. 23rd seed Magdalena Frech put up a fight, but the young Russian tightened the screws in the deciding set and powered her way into a round-of-16 showdown with top seed Aryna Sabalenka. Jakub Menšík is in a formidable position in his third-round showdown, taking the second set off Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4. The entertainment continues on Rod Laver Arena, with Portugal's Nuno Borges becoming the first player at this year's Australian Open to take a set off third seed Carlos Alcaraz. No breaks of serve in that set as they duked it out all the way into a tiebreak, with Borges holding his nerve admirably. are out on the court to start the third set after Zverev went up two sets to love with a 6-4 in the second. Fearnley is hanging on by a thread here, but needs a miracle to get out of this against the second seed. The 19-year-old Czech has taken another step towards his first fourth-round berth in a major with a professional 6-3 win in the first set over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
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