Australian Open, Fritz and Gael Monfils
Alex De Minaur, Taylor Fritz and Elena Rybakina reached the 3rd round of the Australian Open 2025 with straight set wins on Thursday, January 16. De Minaur saw off Tristan Boyer to make it to the next round in Melbourne.
Emma Raducanu suffered her worst ever loss at a Grand Slam at the hands of Iga Swiatek. The five-time Major winner thrashed Raducanu 6-1 6-0 in just 70 minutes. But Raducanu defended herself, claiming the scoreline was "harsh".
Alex de Minaur won his first round match in straight sets, then had time to support fiancee Katie Boulter as she fought through in three sets to progress into the second round of the Australian Open after all six other Aussies in action fell to defeat — as it happened.
The Australian Open first round continues with fifth seed Daniil Medvedev, home favourite Alex de Minaur and Italy's Jasmine Paolini among those in action, while Taylor Fritz battles Jenson Brooksby in one of three all-American clashes on Tuesday.
Top-seeded players Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur secured a spot in the third round of the ongoing Australian Open on Thursday with wins over qualifiers Cristi
Frenchman Monfils is only the second player aged 38 or over, after Roger Federer, to make the last 16 in Melbourne since 1988. He is enjoying quite the start to 2025 after becoming the oldest ever winner of an ATP Tour singles title in Auckland last weekend.
It was the opening round of the 2017 Australian Open in de Minaur’s first main draw at his first major championship in his home country, when the then-17-year-old saved a match point in the fourth set before beating Gerald Melzer in five sets and almost four hours.
Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca stunned ninth seed Andrey Rublev in a major Australian Open shock on Tuesday as racquet-smashing 2024 finalist Daniil Medvedev narrowly avoided the same fate.
Gael Monfils rallied from a set down to claim a thrilling 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4 win over American Taylor Fritz in a third-round match at the Australian Open.
Up and down day for favorites and the husband-and-wife duo of Gaël Monfils and Elina Svitolina win their singles matches.
Australian No.1 Alex de Minaur was in full command, as he overcame Tristan Boyer to move into the AO 2025 third round.