IT was a day of upsets on the women’s side, and an Aussie wildcard led the charge on the men’s as the 2022 Australian Open Round of 64 was completed yesterday.

In the men’s draw, Australian wildcard Chris O’Connell was the talking point of the day, stunning 13th seed Diego Schwartzman in straight sets, 7-6 6-4 6-4. O’Connell joined fellow hope Alex de Minaur in the third round, whilst Nick Kyrgios fell short against world number two Daniil Medvedev, with the Russian winning in four sets. Elsewhere, Maxime Cressy continued his great form, with Andrey Rublev, Roberto Bautista Agut and Jannik Sinner among those players to race through to the Round of 32.

MEN’S SINGLES – ROUND OF 64:

[2] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) defeated Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 7-6 6-4 4-6 6-2
[4] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) defeated Sebastian Baez (ARG) 7-6 6-7 6-3 6-4
[5] Andrey Rublev (RUS) defeated Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 6-4 6-2 6-0
[9] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 7-6 6-7 7-6 7-6
[11] Jannik Sinner (ITA) defeated Steve Johnson (USA) 6-2 6-4 6-3
[WC] Christopher O’Connell (AUS) defeated [13] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 7-6 6-4 6-4
[15] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 6-1 6-0 6-3
[20] Taylor Fritz (USA) defeated Frances Tiafoe (USA) 6-4 6-3 7-6
[24] Daniel Evans (GBR) defeated Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) W/O
[27] Marin Cilic (CRO) defeated [Q] Norbert Gombos (SVK) 6-2 6-3 3-6 7-6
[32] Alex de Minaur (AUS) defeated Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 6-4 6-4 6-2
Benoit Paire (FRA) defeated [26] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 6-4 6-4 6-7 7-6
Botic Van de Zandschulp (NED) defeated Richard Gasquet (FRA) 4-6 6-0 4-0 RET
Pablo Andujar (ESP) defeated Alex Molcan (SVK) 6-4 7-6 0-6 6-1
Maxime Cressy (USA) defeated [Q] Tomas Machac (CZE) 6-1 3-6 6-1 7-6

MATCHES TO WATCH TODAY – ROUND OF 32:

[7] Matteo Berrettini (ITA) vs. [31] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
[6] Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs. [28] Karen Khachanov (RUS)
[14] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs. [23] Reilly Opelka (USA)
[16] Cristian Garin (CHI) vs. [17] Gael Monfils (FRA)

In the women’s draw, two top six seeds fell on day four, with third seed Garbine Muguruza and sixth seed Anett Kontaveit losing to Alize Cornet and Clara Tauson respectively. From an Australian perspective, the two out on court split results, with 10th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova proving too good for retiring Aussie Sam Stosur, whilst fellow wildcard Maddison Inglis won against American qualifier Hayley Baptiste. In other unseeded victories, Shuai Zhang won against an injured Elena Rybakina and Danka Kovinic upset US Open winner Emma Raducanu, whilst second seed Aryna Sabalenka survived a scare to win in three sets against Xinyu Wang.

WOMEN’S SINGLES – ROUND OF 64:

[2] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) defeated Xinyu Wang (CHN) 1-6 6-4 6-2
Alize Cornet (FRA) defeated [3] Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 6-3 6-3
Clara Tauson (DEN) defeated [6] Anett Kontaveit (EST) 6-2 6-4
[7] Iga Swiatek (POL) defeated Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 6-2 6-2
[10] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) defeated [WC] Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6-2 6-2
Shuai Zhang (CHN) defeated [12] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 6-4 1-0 RET
[14] Simona Halep (ROU) defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 6-2 6-0
Danka Kovinic (MON) defeated [17] Emma Raducanu (GBR) 6-4 4-6 6-3
[19] Elise Mertens (BEL) defeated Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 6-3 6-2
[25] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) defeated Magda Linette (POL) 6-2 6-3
[27] Danielle Collins (USA) defeated Ana Konjuh (CRO) 6-4 6-3
[29] Tamara Zidansek (SLO) defeated Heather Watson (GBR) 7-6 6-4
[31] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) defeated Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 6-2 7-5
Kaia Kanepi (EST) defeated Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 6-2 7-6
[WC] Maddison Inglis (AUS) defeated [Q] Hayley Baptiste (USA) 7-6 2-6 6-2
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) defeated Kristina Kucova (SVK) 6-2 6-4

MATCHES TO WATCH TODAY – ROUND OF 32:

[1] Ash Barty (AUS) vs. [30] Camila Giorgi (ITA)
[15] Elina Svitolina (UKR) vs. [24] Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
[13] Naomi Osaka (JPN) vs. Amanda Anisimova (USA)
[8] Paula Badosa (ESP) vs. Marta Kostyuk (UKR)