American Tommy Paul crushes Davidovich Fokina to reach quarters in Melbourne
American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, won against Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Sunday.
Paul, ranked No 11, will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 14 seed, and German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the American defeated Australian Christopher O’Connell (6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 7-5), Japanese Kei Nishikori (6-7 (3), 6-0, 6-3, 6-1) and Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena (7-6, 6-2, 6-0).
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 66, beat Chinese Juncheng Shang (7-6 (1), 5-2 ret.), Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 29 seed (6-7 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1, 6-3) and Jakub Mensik (3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-2) in the previous rounds of the first Grand Slam tournament in 2025.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other last 16 results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):
- Alex Michelsen vs. Alex De Minaur
- Gael Monfils vs. Ben Shelton
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Learner Tien
- Jannik Sinner vs. Holger Rune
- Novak Djokovic vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Ugo Humbert vs. Alexander Zverev
- Jack Draper vs. Carlos Alcaraz: sunday
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