Australian Open: Top male seeds tumble in Melbourne

Day 3 of the 2023 Australian Open saw top seeds tumble. First, it was no.2 seeded Casper Ruud who fell to world no.48 Jenson Brooksby in four sets of 6-3 7-5 6-7 6-2.

Ruud took a medical timeout in the second set but it could not stall Brooksby’s progress into the third round. the game took almost four hours at the Rod Laver Arena.

It underlines the rise of American male tennis players as Brooksby’s progress follows that of Mackenzie McDonald who sent Rafael Nadal crashing on Wednesday.

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