Fifth seed Dominic Thiem reached the Australian Open third round by coming through a five-set thriller against Australian wildcard Alex Bolt. Two-time French Open finalist Thiem overcame world number 140 Bolt 6-2 5-7 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 6-2 in Melbourne. Medvedev, Zverev throughDaniil Medvedev received treatment after suffering a nosebleed when he led 5-0 in the second setFourth seed Daniil Medvedev reached the third round with a straight-set win over Spanish qualifier Pedro Martinez. Germany seventh seed Alexander Zverev, who has yet to go beyond the fourth round in Australia, beat Belarusian Egor Gerasimov 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 7-5. Qualifier Ernests Gulbis of Latvia reached the Melbourne third round for the first time in his career with a straight-set win over Aljaz Bedene.

Source: BBC January 23, 2020 04:52 UTC