MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA) (ITALPRESS) – Lorenzo Musetti leads to the third round of the Australian Open 2026. The carrarino wins the blue derby with Lorenzo Sonego eliminating the Turinese in three sets with the score of 6-3 6-3 6-4. Solid test of the serial number 5 head, which in the third round awaits one between Tomas Machac and Stefanos Tsitsipas. Out of the games Sonego, who lacks the defense of the quarterfinals won in the past edition and will exit from the top 50 at the end of the tournament. Luciano Darderi also advances. The 22nd strength of the board defeats Argentine Sebastian Baez in four sets, after the battle of five sets with Mpetshi Perricard: 6-3 1-6 6-4 6-3, in two and a half hours in the field, the fart in favor of the Argentine thallus, which will play a place in the eighth final with Karen Khachanov (6-1 6-4 6-3 in Basavareddy).
Too Novak Djokovic for Francesco Maestrelli. After the first round with Atmane, the Tuscan surrenders to the superiority of the 24-time Slam champion and leaves Melbourne under a net 6-3 6-2 6-2. In the third round, Djokovic, semi-finalist in 2025, will see it with the Dutchman Botic Van de Zandschulp (7-6 6-2 6-3 in Shang). He also promoted Jakub Mensik (6-2 6-4 6-4 in Jodar), Valentin Vacherot (6-1 6-3 4-6 6-2 in Hijikata), Ethan Quinn (6-4 7-6 6-1 in Hurkacz) and Ben Shelton, potential opponent of Sinner to the eighth and author of a solid performance with Australian Sweeny (6-3 6-2 6-2 6-2).
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