Australian Open 2023 results: Daniil Medvedev out, Stefanos Tsitsipas through to fourth round

Sebastian Korda is ranked 31st successful the world

Two-time finalist Daniil Medvedev suffered a daze third-round decision by American Sebastian Korda astatine the Australian Open arsenic apical players proceed to autumn successful the men's draw.

Top 2 seeds Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud are already out, though 3rd effect Stefanos Tsitsipas won connected Friday.

Fourth effect Novak Djokovic volition play his third-round lucifer connected Saturday.

Russia's Medvedev had reached the last astatine the Australian Open for the past 2 years but could not lucifer Korda's level connected Rod Laver Arena.

"I deliberation it was a apical lucifer wherever helium was conscionable amended than me," said Medvedev, who mislaid his past 4 matches of 2022.

"I won galore matches similar this. Right now, I'm struggling a small spot to triumph these benignant of matches against opponents that tin play a bully level.

"That's what I person to find back."

Korda is done to the 4th circular successful Melbourne for the archetypal time, pursuing the footsteps of his father, Petr, who won the tourney successful 1998.

His parent Regina Rajchrtova was besides a nonrecreational tennis player, portion his sisters Jessica and Nelly are LPGA golfers.

"My household loves playing Australia, we've got a batch of awesome moments here," said Korda, who is ranked 31st successful the world.

"Both of my sisters person won the Australian Open successful women's golf. My mum's career-high [ranking] was 24, my dada was two, Nelly was 1 and Jessica was six truthful I'm decidedly the worst jock successful the household truthful far."

Korda volition play Poland's Hubert Hurkacz in the 4th circular aft the 10th effect reached that signifier of the tourney for the archetypal clip with a hard-fought 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 1-6 4-6 6-3 triumph implicit Denis Shapovalov of Canada.

Tsitsipas continues beardown start

Stefanos Tsitsipas is the highest effect near successful the men's gully astatine this year's Australian Open

Earlier connected Friday, Tsitsipas continued his beardown commencement to the tourney with a straight-set triumph implicit Tallon Griekspoor to scope the 4th round.

The Greek is yet to driblet a acceptable successful Melbourne arsenic helium bids for his archetypal Grand Slam rubric and bushed the 63rd-ranked Dutchman 6-2 7-6 (7-5) 6-3.

He volition look Jannik Sinner next aft the Italian fought backmost from 2 sets down to bushed Marton Fucsovics.

Sinner, seeded 15th, came done 4-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-0 against Hungary's Fucsovics.

It is the archetypal clip successful his vocation that helium has travel backmost from 2 sets down to triumph astatine a Grand Slam.

Sixth effect Felix Auger-Aliassime bushed Francisco Cerundolo 6-1 3-6 6-1 6-4 to acceptable up a gathering with rising Czech prima Jiri Lehecka, who beat Britain's Cameron Norrie.

After his win, Auger-Aliassime addressed a 'Netflix curse', which is supposedly causing players who featured successful the precocious released bid Break Point to bow retired of the Australian Open early.

Casper Ruud, Ons Jabeur, Maria Sakkari, Matteo Berrettini, Taylor Fritz and Thanasi Kokkinakis are each out, portion Nick Kyrgios, Paula Badosa and Ajla Tomljanovic had to retreat earlier the tourney began.

"I thought it was funny," Auger-Aliassime said.

"I don't know. I don't deliberation it's connected. Maybe the players that lost, possibly they bash consciousness similar it's connected somehow. I don't deliberation they do."

Karen Khachanov made it to the Australian Open 4th circular for the archetypal clip with a 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6 (11-9) triumph against American Frances Tiafoe - and apologised for perchance ruining a peculiar day.

Khachanov said aft the win: "I cognize it is Frances' birthday, truthful I americium sorry!"

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