Round 2 of the 2025 Australia Open is here. The first match took place on the fourth day, with many of the top seeded stars going to round three, but there were also some surprising confusion along the way.
The upset everyone talks about isn’t about the upset seed player, it’s not about the player who defeated her. Naomi Osaka He seized his victory on Wednesday, beating 20th place. Citizen’s Carolina 1-6, 6-1, 6-3. Initially, Osaka appeared to be heading towards Quick Oster after winning only one match in the first set of 32 minutes. However, after that, she found her foot (and her stroke) and overwhelmed Muchova in the next hour to bring out the victory. This is Osaka’s first trip to the third round of majors since 2022.
More confusion continued. Two French Open Finalists Casper Lude6th seed, 19 years old could not be swung Jakubu is fascinating. He lost the first set to Mensik and evened the score in the second set, but couldn’t stop Mensik from getting the final two sets in the storm. It is the biggest victory of a Czech teenager’s career.
and number 5 Qinwen ZhengWinning gold in women’s singles at the Parisio Games and finalist at the 2024 Australia Open was hampered for the age of 36 Laura SiegemundHe is 14 years older than Zheng. The ultra-competitive Siegemund fought Zheng for the tiebreaker in the first set. She won 7-3.
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American women didn’t have that kind of problem. No. 3 Coco Gouf Defeated the UK Jody Ballage 6-3, 7-5 after the second set of competitive (and expanded). Jessica Pegrathe second highest sowing American woman of the 7th collapsed. Elise Mertens They won 6-4, 6-2 in 71 minutes. Tommy Paulthe 12th and the second highest Americans were seeded on the men’s side, drawing victory after a tough first set, and losing Kei Nishikori 6(3)-7, 6-0, 6-3, 6-1.
Carlos Alcalazthe third seed of the boys singles and the crowd favorite wherever he goes, fell Yoshihito Nishioka It was 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 in just 1 hour and 21 minutes. No. 1 female seed, Alina SabalenkaI was easily defeated Jessica Booza Mana 6-3, 7-5. and No. 2 Alexander Zverev He continued to run the early rounds easily with 6-1, 6-4, and 6-1 wins. Pedro Martinez.
Novak Djokovic7th, seeded, finished his round two match, finishing a new entry in the record book. He had a bit of a problem Jaime Faria In Portugal, they lost their second set in a tiebreak, but ultimately won 6-1, 6(4)-7, 6-3, 6-2 in three hours. He also claimed sole ownership of most Grand Slam singles matches he has played so far. His victory over Faria was his 430th Grand Slam match, pushing former record holder Roger Federer (429) into second place and Serena Williams (423) into third place.
