Karen Khachanov advances to third round at Australian Open

No. 15 seed Karen Khachanov has defeated Nishesh Basavareddy 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 to become the first player to reach the third round at the Australian Open for 8+ consecutive seasons since Roger Federer.

He will face Luciano Darderi in the next round. The latter eliminated one of the in-form players at the start of the season, Sebastian Baez (6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in 2h26).