NextGen ATP Finals champion Joao Fonseca and runner-up Learner Tien are into the last round of Australian Open qualifying. Fonseca destroyed Coleman Wong 6-0, 6-3, while Tien eased past Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-4, 6-2.
Chris Eubanks, a former Wimbledon quarterfinalist (2023), also advanced on Wednesday by defeating Alejandro Moro Canas 6-3, 6-3.
Also still alive in the qualifying competition are No. 1 seed Dominik Koepfer, No. 6 Thiago Monteiro, No. 19 Billy Harris, No. 25 Mackenzie McDonald, Cristian Garin, and Nikoloz Basilashvili.
Here are Thursday’s third-round matchups on the men’s side:
(1) Dominik Koepfer vs. (WC) Blake Ellis
Terence Atmane vs. (28) Lukas Klein
Henrique Rocha vs. (32) Matteo Gigante
(4) Chris Eubanks vs. (26) Tristan Boyer
Francesco Passaro vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
(6) Thiago Monteiro vs. Kimmer Coppejans
Gauthier Onclin vs. (25) Mackenzie McDonald
Aziz Dougaz vs. Borna Gojo
Mark Lajal vs. (17) Jaime Faria
Cristian Garin vs. (18) Hugo Dellien
Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Mitchell Krueger
(12) Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Joao Fonseca
Hady Habib vs. Clement Chidekh
(14) Kamil Majchrzak vs. (19) Billy Harris
Martin Landaluce vs. Dalibor Svrcina
(16) Learner Tien vs. (21) Jozef Kovalik
Joao on the rise