Russian Andrey Rublev, seeded ninth, was upset by qualifier Joao Fonseca, an 18-year-old from Brazil. He stormed into his Grand Slam main draw debut, stunning Rublev 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-6 (5) in two hours and 23 minutes.

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We wrap up the first round of the Australian Open on Day 3, with 20 men’s matches on the schedule. As always, our writers here at LastWordOnTennis share their thoughts on every single match with you.

It was another long and exciting Tuesday of tennis at the Australian Open, and LWOT has all of the recaps and reviews of some of the best Day 3 tennis from the men’s draw.

Fourth-seeded Taylor Fritz, in his first Grand Slam match since losing the U.S. Open final to Italy's Jannik Sinner last fall, cruised to a victory in the first round of the Australian Open. The 27-year-old Californian downed fellow U.S. player Jenson Brooksby 6-2, 6-0, 6-3 on Tuesday in Melbourne, Australia.

Russian ninth seed Andrey Rublev and Greek Maria Sakkari crashed out after first-round losses while Ons Jabeur, Daniil Medvedev, and Alex de Minaur marched ahead on Tuesday.

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Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca stunned ninth seed Andrey Rublev in a major Australian Open shock on Tuesday as racquet-smashing 2024 finalist Daniil Medvedev narrowly avoided the same fate.

Coco Gauff hilariously enacted Andrey Rublev's on-court grunt while training for the Australian Open 2025. The American is currently gearing up for the first Grand Slam of the year and was recently training for it alongside Andrey Rublev.

Russian Andrey Rublev, seeded ninth ... though curiously they all had to defeat other Americans to make it through to the second round. Taylor Fritz, the No. 4 seed, defeated his unseeded countryman Jenson Brooksby 6-2, 6-0, 6-3. Emma Navarro, seeded ...

Russian Andrey Rublev, seeded ninth ... had to defeat other Americans to make it through to the second round. Taylor Fritz, the No. 4 seed, defeated his unseeded countryman Jenson Brooksby ...

The top 32 ranked men's players at Australian Open 2025 have been given a seeding.This means those players will be protected from facing other seeds until later in the tournament.It also designates that players ranked 1-4 cannot play against each other until at least the semi-finals.