Sinner and Djokovic are fighting. Men’s Aus Open 1/16 final pairings determined

22 January at Australian Open 2026 1/32 final matches were played in the lower group of men’s singles.

Number two in the ATP world rankings and current champion Jannik the Sinner He defeated James Duckworth. He will then compete with Italian player Eliot Spizzirri.

Distinguished Novak Djokovic He coped with Francesco Maestrelli without any problems. Novak’s next opponent will be Botik van de Zandshulp.

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Old Marin Cilic and Stan Wawrinka also advanced to the third round by knocking out Denis Shapovalov and Arthur Hea respectively.

Hubert Hurkacz’s loss to Ethan Quinn was quite unexpected and came in three sets.

Among Thursday’s top 10 players, Lorenzo Musetti (beat Lorenzo Sonego), Ben Shelton (beat Dane Sweeney) and Taylor Fritz (beat Vit Koprzyva) won their second-round matches on Thursday.

On the 21st of the month, the 1/32 upper group final took place in Melbourne, and as a result, the star Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz took one step forward.

Australian Open 2026. 1/16 last pair

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Carlos Alcaraz [1] – Corentin Moutet [32]
Tommy Paul [19] – Alejandro Davidovic Fokina [14]

Alexander Bublik [10] – Thomas Martin Etcheverry
Francis Tiafoe [29] – Alex de Minaur [6]

Alexander Zverev [3] – Cameron Norrie [26]
Francisco Cherundolo [18] – Andrey Rublev [13]

Daniil Medvedev [11] – Fabian Marozan
Lerner Tien [25] – Nuno Borges

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Lorenzo Musetti [5] – Tomas Machac
Stan Wawrinka [WC] – Taylor Fritz [9]

Yakub Menshik [16] – Ethan Quinn
Botik van de Zandshulp – Novak Djokovic [4]

Ben Shelton [8] – Valentin Vachereau [30]
Marin Cilic Casper Ruud [12]

Karen Khachanov [15] – Luciano Darderi [22]
Eliot Spizziri – Jannik the Sinner [2]