- Alex de Minaur, the home favourite, defeated Benjamin Bonzi.
- He has a 3-0 advantage over Bonzi in their ATP Head to Head series.
- Tommy Paul wasted no time in advancing.
Alex de Minaur, the home favourite, defeated Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi 7-6(0), 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday to advance to the fourth round for a second straight year, matching his best performance at the Australian Open.
The Australian pulled away after taking the first set, which was close and in which he twice blew break points. He made just 12 unforced errors in the second and third sets combined to win in two hours and ten minutes.
De Minaur currently has a 3-0 advantage over Bonzi in their ATP Head to Head series after picking up his fourth victory of the year. When he faces nine-time champion Novak Djokovic or 27th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the fourth round, he will want to extend his winning streak.
The US Open in 2020 saw the 23-year-finest old’s performance at a major as he made it to the quarterfinals.
Tommy Paul wasted no time in advancing to the fourth round of the Australian Open in another match of the day. The American defeated fellow countryman Jenson Brooksby 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to a matchup with Andy Murray, a five-time finalist, or Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.
After two hours and nine minutes, Paul, who is now ranked No. 33 in the ATP Live Rankings, won after hitting 34 winners and surviving all four break points he was presented with. The 25-year-victory old’s matches his greatest Grand Slam performance; he reached Wimbledon’s fourth round the previous year.
Ben Shelton beat local favourite Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-4 to go to the fourth round, continuing his dream debut at the Australian Open.
The 20-year-old became the fifth player to make it to the Round of 16 on his Australian Open debut in the previous ten years after saving all four break points he faced. J.J. Wolf, who accomplished the accomplishment earlier in the day and will be Shelton’s following opponent, is the fourth man to do so.
The American defeated Popyrin, who had defeated Top 10 player Taylor Fritz in the second round, with 34 winners and just 25 unforced errors. After two hours inside John Cain Arena, he won 87 percent of his first-serve points, converted two of his eight break points, and emerged victorious.
Shelton, who is ranked No. 65 in the ATP Live Rankings, first entered the Top 100 in November 2022. Earlier in the day, his next opponent, Wolf, defeated fellow countryman Michael Mmoh 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.
