2025 Australian Open day 6 men's match

No. 2 Alexander Zverev (GER) v Jacob Fearnley (GBR) No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) v Nuno Borges (POR) No. 7 Novak Djokovic (SRB) v No. 26 Tomas Machac (CZE) No. 12 Tommy Paul (USA) v Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) No. 14 Ugo Humbert (FRA) v No. 20 Arthur Fils (FRA) No. 15 Jack Draper (GBR) v Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) No. 24 Jiri Lehecka (CZE) v Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) Jakub Mensik (CZE) v Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)

After Novak Djokovic downed both wild card Nishesh Basavareddy and qualifier Jaime Faria in 4 sets in the

opening 2 rounds and the 10-time champion now faces No. 26 seed Tomas Machac in the pair’s third meeting as they open the night session on Rod Laver Arena this evening. Machac is one of three Czech men competing to make history for their nation today. Djokovic and Machac have split their 2 previous meetings, so Djokovic will be wary of the lower-ranked Machac. If Machac, Jiri Lehecka and Jakub Mensik all win today, it will be the firsttime in the Open Era that 3 Czech men have reached the round of 16 at a Grand Slam.

• Carlos Alcaraz plays his first match on RLA this year today after playing his opening 2 rounds on Margaret Court Arena, taking on world No. 33 Nuno Borges. While Alcaraz is aiming to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam for the 11th time in his short career, Borges is looking to reach the round of 16 at a major for the 3rd time, having reached the last 16 at both the Australian Open and US Open last year. Should he pull off the upset against Alcaraz today, he would become the first Portuguese player, man or woman, to reach the round of 16 at the

Grand Slams on 3 occasions, overtaking Joao Sousa, who reached the round of 16 at both the 2018 US Openand 2019 Wimbledon.

• While world No. 48 Mensik may be looking to make history for Czechia alongside his Lehecka and Machac, he also has the chance to make history all on his own. If he defeats Alejandro Davidovich Fokina today on Kia Arena, the 19-year-old will become the youngest player to reach the men’s singles round of 16 at the Australian

Open since Bernard Tomic in 2012. He would also become the youngest player to reach the men’s singles round of 16 at a Grand Slam since Alcaraz at the 2022 US Open, when Carlos Alcaraz reached the round of 16. Should he claim the record, he may hold it for just one day – with Learner Tien, who is 3 months younger than Mensik,

also bidding to reach the last 16 here.

• On Margaret Court Arena today, No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev takes Great Britain’s Jacob Fearnley. Zverev is bidding to record his 28th Australian Open match-win today, which would him just one victory behind Boris

Becker on the all-time list for most Australian Open men’s singles wins by a German player. Fearnley,

meanwhile, is making his Australian Open debut this year and is contesting the main draw at a Grand Slam for

just the 2nd time after making his debut as a wild card at Wimbledon last year. He is aiming to become the 7th

man to reach the round of 16 on his Australian Open debut in the last 10 years – an impressive feat for a player

who was focussing on his college tennis career until June last year.