Australian Open 2025 Results: Winners, Losers and Highlights from Tuesday’s Bracket
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No. 4 Taylor Fritz def. Jenson Brooksby, 6-2, 6-0, 6-3
No. 5 Daniil Medvedev def. Kasidit Samrej, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
No. 8 Alex De Minaur def. Botic Van de Zandschulp, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4
Joao Fonseca def. No. 9 Andrey Rublev, 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
No. 13 Holger Rune def. Zhang Zhizhen, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
No. 16 Lorenzo Musetti def. Matteo Arnaldi, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3
No. 18 Hubert Hurkacz def. Tallon Griekspoor, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
No. 19 Karen Khachanov def. Adrian Mannarino, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-3
No. 21 Ben Shelton def. Brandon Nakashima, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-5
Corentin Moutet def. No. 25 Alexei Popyrin, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Gael Monfils def. No. 30 Giovanni Mpeshi Perricard, 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-4
No. 31 Francisco Cerundolo def. Alexander Bublik, 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-2
Tomas Etcheverry def. No. 32 Flavio Cobolli, 6-7 (8), 6-3, 7-5, 6-1
Tuesday had the potential to be one of the most upset-laden first-round days in Australian Open history.
Andrey Rublev was the only marquee player who went down, but Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune were both unexpectedly taken to five sets.
Rublev fell in straight sets to 18-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca. It was Fonseca’s first win in a Grand Slam main draw.
The loss was stunning compared to Rublev’s recent history in Melbourne. He reached the quarterfinals in three of the last four years.
However, the result also aligned with a recent trend of poor major results for the No. 9 seed, who was bounced in the third round of the French Open, opening round at Wimbledon and fourth round at the U.S. Open.
Two Americans, Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe, are in Rublev’s quarter, which also contains Medvedev.
Medvedev almost went down to unseeded player Kasidit Samrej, but he rallied to win in five sets.
A Medvedev first-round loss would have been even more stunning since he reached the final in three of the last four years in Melbourne.
Rublev is now out of Medvedev’s way in the draw, but the weaknesses he showed on Tuesday may make it easier for Tiafoe or Fritz to beat him.
Rune held on in five sets as well, but if he lost it would not have been as stunning. The No. 13 seed did not make it past the fourth round in a major last season and might not last past the first week in Melbourne with top seed Jannik Sinner in his part of the draw.
