Half an hour of heartbreak flattened Melbourne Park before a ‘beautiful’ piece of sportsmanship lifted the mood.

The second-round meeting between Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime had to be suspended during the first set, and was later moved to a different court. Here’s why.

Taking on the highly-touted Jakub Mensik, Davidovich Fokina escaped from two match points down. Both were saved with gutsy poise: the first involved stellar reaction time to a net cord and a clean volley winner capped a thrilling exchange. By the end, the 25-year-old deflated the Czech, wrapping up a 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-2 win.

Tommy Paul advanced to his third Grand Slam quarter-final at the Australian Open with a dominant 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Paul's impressive performance in the Melbourne heat highlighted his strong tournament record.

Spanish world No.66 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina has defeated Canadian 29th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in the same match he threatened to boycott at one point in the enthralling fifth set at the Australian Open. With the scores tight at 2-3 in the deciding fifth set, Davidovich was given a time violation by the chair umpire.

There is already a match of the tournament, and we are only in the second round of the Australian Open 2025. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina has completed a magical comeback against Felix Auger-Aliassime,

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina turned impossible dream into improbable reality. World No. 66 Davidovich Fokina fought back from a two-set deficit for the first time in his career upsetting Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-7(7),

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (No. 66 in the world) takes on Tommy Paul (No. 11) in the Round of 16 at the Australian Open.Davidovich Fokina defeated Jakub Mensik 3-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4,

MELBOURNE, Australia — Rowdy fans at ... the noise was drifting over to the adjacent Court 8, where Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain was starting his matchup with 29th-seeded Felix Auger ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP ... the noise was drifting over to the adjacent Court 8, where Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain was starting his matchup with 29th-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime ...

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Coco Gauff dropped a set but came back to beat Belinda Bencic and reach the Australian Open quarterfinals. Gauff struggled with her shots in the opening set before dominating down