Half an hour of heartbreak flattened Melbourne Park before a ‘beautiful’ piece of sportsmanship lifted the mood.

The number of Americans in the field has dwindled, but Coco Gauff continues to get the job done on the court. The No. 3 seed dropped her first set against Belinda Bencic, but roared back to conquer the second and third sets, winning 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 in two hours and 26 minutes.

Highlights of the eighth day of the Australian Open on Sunday (times GMT):1057 DJOKOVIC BOOKS QUARTER-FINAL WITH ALCARAZTen-times champion Novak Djokovic breezed past Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-3 6-4 7-6(4) after navigating a tight third set.

Taking on the highly-touted Jakub Mensik, Davidovich Fokina escaped from two match points down. Both were saved with gutsy poise: the first involved stellar reaction time to a net cord and a clean volley winner capped a thrilling exchange. By the end, the 25-year-old deflated the Czech, wrapping up a 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-2 win.

There is already a match of the tournament, and we are only in the second round of the Australian Open 2025. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina has completed a magical comeback against Felix Auger-Aliassime,

Alexander Zverev booked an Australian Open quarter-final against Tommy Paul Sunday after surviving a mid-match wobble to oust France's Ugo Humbert as he zeroes in on a maiden Grand Slam title.

In the Round of 32 at the Australian Open on Thursday, Jakub Mensik (ranked No. 48) takes on Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (No. 66).Mensik enters the Round of 32 after his four-set victory on

Highlights of the sixth day of the Australian Open on Friday (all times GMT): 0808 DAVIDOVICH FOKINA ENDS TEEN MENSIK'S RUN Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina battled from two sets down to beat Czech 19-year-old Jakub Mensik 3-6 4-6 7-6(7) 6-4 6-2 and progress into the fourth round for the first time in his career.

Novak Djokovic charged into the Australian Open quarter-finals and booked a mouth-watering encounter with Carlos Alcaraz before the Serb shifted the focus by snubbing the Grand Slam's official broadcaster and slamming them for mocking him and his fans.

29th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime will take on Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the second round of the Australian Open. The winner of the match will take on either sixth seed Casper Ruud or Jakub ...

Tommy Paul ended Alejandro Davidovich Fokina's run of comebacks at the Australian Open and reached his third Grand Slam quarterfinal with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 victory on Sunday. Paul, an American seeded 12th at Melbourne Park,