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.

Emma Raducanu suffered her worst ever loss at a Grand Slam at the hands of Iga Swiatek. The five-time Major winner thrashed Raducanu 6-1 6-0 in just 70 minutes. But Raducanu defended herself, claiming the scoreline was "harsh".

As much as any top player, Sinner has been able to expose De Minaur’s lack of first-strike weaponry. The Aussie’s strength is his scrambling and counterpunching, but Sinner serves too well, hits too hard, places the ball too precisely for his defense to be effective. De Minaur hasn’t found a way to hurt, rattle, of disrupt him.

Veteran Lorenzo Sonego reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal after beating 19-year-old qualifier Learner Tien 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. The 29-year-old was unstoppable on serve and handled the stifling conditions better than Tien, whose breakout tournament was highlighted by an upset of fifth seed Daniil Medvedev in round two.

Alex de Minaur and Nick Kyrgios weren’t done many favours after the draw was conducted for the 2025 Australian Open on Thursday.

Follow live text and radio commentary as Alex de Minaur plays Alex Michelsen in the Australian Open fourth round.

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.

Swiatek, Svitolina, Keys, Sonego and Shelton also make it through to the last-eight stage on a hot day in Melbourne.

Alex de Minaur is on a collision course with reigning champion Jannik Sinner after his name was called in the same quarter of the Australian Open draw.

Alex de Minaur is facing difficult draws in the early stages of the Australian Open. De Minaur will open his campaign against Botic van de Zandschulp while former finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas looms ...

Three-time losing finalist Daniil Medvedev and home favourite Alex de Minaur set out on the road ... with former finalist Elena Rybakina also in action. Fritz blitzed fellow American Jenson ...