Australian Open 2025 Day 5 Summary

The round of sixty-four at the 2025 Australian Open is complete, and Thursday’s play saw Jannik Sinner overcome the loss of the first set to defeat Tristan Schoolkate 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-3 at Rod Laver Arena.

In the evening session, Learner Tien caused the upset of the day with a 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-7(8), 1-6, 7-6(10-7) victory over fifth seed Daniil Medvedev. The match was played well into the early hours and ended at almost 3am. The other two seeded players to lose were Frances Tiafoe (17) and Hubert Hurkacz (18). In his loss to Kecmanovic, Hurkacz appeared to be dealing with a foot injury (blister?), but Tiafoe will rue his missed chances in the fourth set, failing to convert 10 break points against Fabian Marozsan.

Day Five 2025 Australian Open Round of 64 Results

Sinner Shakes Off Set Lost to Smother Schoolkate’s Challenge

It’s been a while since Jannik Sinner lost a set on tour, but he dropped one on Thursday before bouncing back to defeat home wild card Tristan Schoolkate 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3

Schoolkate came in as a wildcard, and the world No. 173 in the ATP rankings made a strong start, using the crowd to his advantage. However, Sinner raised his game to secure victory in two hours and 46 minutes.

Sinner won 16 of the last 21 games from 2-3 in the second set, and after initially not getting a sniff of Schoolkate’s serve, broke five times from there to seal the win.

Sinner will face Marcos Giron next in the fourth round, for whom I believe we will resume normal service with a straight win

It’s always tough to play against a player I don’t know very well. I felt he served very well. He played much better in the beginning than I did. Obviously with the crowd it was a great atmosphere. It’s a very special place, especially for Australians to play here with the home crowd, but I still have to be very happy with my performance. I never take things for granted, so I’m very happy to be in the next round again. Sensing his gain.

Ten Topples Medvedev

After Meddy’s first-round struggle, Learner Tien was a good game to cause an upset, and he pulled it off, defeating the three-time finalist in a five-set battle to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.

The 19-year-old American qualifier prevailed 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-7(8), 1-6, 7-6(10-7) in a marathon match that lasted 4 hours and 49 minutes , ends 2:552:55 amal time.

Despite failing to convert a match point in the third set, Tien dug deep to win the final set tiebreak and secure the biggest win of his career.

The qualifier’s persistence paid off in the final set, where he hit 13 winners and converted both break points he created. I thought he played a well measured game and mixed it up well, but I was surprised that his style of play worked so well against Meddy.

Next up for Tien is Frenchman Corentin Moutet, who defeated American qualifier Mitchell Krueger 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-4 in their second-round match.

The question now for Medvedev is: Is this decline in form reversible or a permanent decline? It’s not just a couple of games now; it has been a similar story for about ten months.

Yes, he is tactically sound and will run all day, which is why he saved a match point in the third set tiebreak, but it has gone from 1 or 2 players who can beat him on hard courts to 50+ players who want their chances.

Other notable matches

Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur played the most one-sided matches of the day, both advancing to the third round.

Fritz, the fourth seed, was dominant in a 6-2, 6-1, 6-0 win over Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin in just 1 hour and 22 minutes.

Eighth-seeded De Minaur triumphed 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 over American qualifier Tristan Boyer in under two hours.

Miomir Kecmanovic took down 18th seed Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Pole hit 14 aces, but a foot injury hampered his game.

After a five-set battle, Frances Tiafoe was dumped out by Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan 6-7(3), 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Big Foe had 10 break points in the fourth set but didn’t take his chances and was completely outplayed in the fifth set.

In the battle of one-handed backhands, Lorenzo Musetti got past Denis Shapovalov 7-6(3) 7-6(6) 6-2. The Canadian hit 15 double faults in three sets; at this level you shouldn’t beat that many on your way to the final, let alone in just three sets (unless you use the GMP method)

Joao Fonseca was brought back down to earth by Lorenzo Sonego, the world number 55, who snapped the Brazilian’s winning streak with a 6-7 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-3 win. As usual, the media hype train got carried away after Fonseca’s win against Rublev, billing him as a title contender and once in a generation talent 😆. Yes, he’s good, but it’s still early days.

Later, in a laughable match, Holger Rune defeated Matteo Berrettini 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3 7-6(6). Berrettini served for the opener and had two set points but always played back after losing the tiebreak. I hadn’t realized how average Berrettini’s record is on hard courts, winning 55% of matches on surface.

Australian Open Day 6 round of 32 matches

Who has impressed you in the two rounds so far? 👀