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.
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.
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
Australian No.1 Alex de Minaur was in full command, as he overcame Tristan Boyer to move into the AO 2025 third round.
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.
Fourth-seeded Taylor Fritz continued to display his top form on Thursday at the Australian Open, routing Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin 6-2, 6-1, 6-0 in second-round action.
Taylor Fritz has pledged his Australian Open prize money to Los Angeles fire relief efforts after moving into the third round, barely breaking into a sweat.
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.
Danielle Collins ' spat with the Australian Open crowd continued as she stepped onto Rod Laver Arena for her third-round match on Saturday night. The world No. 11 was booed immeditely while walking onto the court and the crowd continued to give her grief, cheering her errors as she faced Madison Keys.
No. 2 seed Iga ÅšwiÄ…tek had an easy time advancing to the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Emma Raducanu on Saturday. The match was expected to be competitive as it featured two previous Grand Slam champions,
Iga Swiatek's outright odds have halved after three dominant victories, including a 6-1 6-0 drubbing of Emma Raducanu in the third round, and the Pole, who is hunting her sixth Grand Slam title and first in Australia, should breeze past fourth-round rival Eva Lys.