
Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz began the day six with their commendable performances and the weather condition has also favoured them which set the stage for the high-profile matches. The world champion Djokovic wrapped up his opposite 24th seed Tomas Machac with 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, meanwhile another star player Alcaraz registered his win by overcoming the loss of the third set to Nuno Borges 6-2, 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-2.
The marathon match between Britain’s Jack Draper and Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic finished after a nearly four hour battle. Jack took the side and was forwarded to the next round with the five-set thrilling scores 6-4, 2-6, 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-6(10-8). Germany’s Alexander Zverev also advanced to the next round by defeating Jacob Fearnley. Other notable highlights are,
Match | Winner | Score |
Jiri Lehecka vs Benjamin Bonzi | Jiri Lehecka | 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 |
Tommy Paul vs Roberto Carballes | Tommy Paul | 7-6(0), 6-2, 6-0 |
Ugo Humbert vs Arthur Fils | Ugo Humbert | 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 1-0 |
“I worked really hard and I am here for the second week. I am super happy with the way I played. In the back of my mind, I really believed in myself” – Olga Danilovic after winning against Jessica Pegula in the third round.
Paula Badosa, the 11th seed player delivered an upperhand performance against Marta Kostyuk at the Kia Arena 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
“I’m always interacting with my coach. He’s the one that’s there with me. Stefanos is just a support. It’s emotional support. But he’s been supporting me so much on that” said Paula.