Australian Open 2026 Day 6 Recap

Day six of the 2026 Australian Open was virtually a textbook win for the seeding, with the favourites largely asserting management throughout the board, save for one notable exception.

Carlos Alcaraz powered into the final 16 with a commanding win over Corentin Moutet, Daniil Medvedev dug himself out of a two-set gap within the comeback of the match to date, and Alex de Minaur, Alexander Zverev, and Tommy Paul all progressed as anticipated.

The one break within the sample got here when Francisco Cerúndolo halted Andrey Rublev’s run in straight units, stopping a clear sweep of outcomes going the best way of the seeds.

Full outcomes, highlights and day 7’s schedule beneath.

Winner
Loser
Rating

Carlos Alcaraz (1)
Corentin Moutet (32)
6-2 6-4 6-1

Tommy Paul (19)
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (14)
6-1 6-1 RET

Francisco Cerúndolo (18)
Andrey Rublev (13)
6-3 7-6(4) 6-3

Alex de Minaur (6)
Frances Tiafoe (29)
6-3 6-4 7-5

Alexander Zverev (3)
Cameron Norrie (26)
7-5 4-6 6-3 6-1

Daniil Medvedev (11)
Fabian Marozsán
6(5)-7 4-6 7-5 6-0 6-3

Learner Tien (25)
Nuno Borges
7-6(9) 6-4 6-2

Key Matches

Carlos Alcaraz (1) def. Corentin Moutet (32) 6-2, 6-4, 6-1

World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the final 16 in his a hundredth Grand Slam match, overwhelming the tough Corentin Moutet in straight units (simply over 2 hours).

It was a match certain to characteristic loads of aptitude, with Moutet utilizing drop pictures, underarm serves, and web rushes, however Alcaraz has an excessive amount of recreation, blasting 30 winners and overpowering the Frenchman.

 He advances to face Tommy Paul, who has produced some attention-grabbing matches of their 7 earlier conferences which the Spaniard leads 5-2.

It wasn’t straightforward. If you play somebody like Corentin, you don’t know what’s going to be subsequent. That’s actually tough to method the match, however I had a lot enjoyable with it on the courtroom. I believe we each pulled off nice pictures, nice factors. I believe there have been a number of highlights within the match. I’m grateful to play this type of match towards him. Alcaraz on his win.

Daniil Medvedev (11) def. Fabian Marozsán 6(5)-7, 4-6, 7-5, 6-0, 6-3

Daniil Medvedev staged the primary 0-2 comeback of AO 2026 (and his first because the 2024 SF vs. Zverev right here), rallying from two units and a break down within the third to win in 5.

19 aces, 48 winners within the match, and a ruthless 6-0 third set to show it round. It was a typical Medvedev match, the place he grinds his method again when it appears bleak.

Marozsan has had a powerful match, beating Rinderknech within the first spherical, however I believed his second serve would give Medvedev too many alternatives to get on prime within the rally.

Nevertheless, regardless of not serving a single ace, he discovered himself 2 units up, solely to see Meddy hit again, crucially breaking at 5-5 within the third after recovering an early break.

This units up a conflict with Learner Tien (who beat him in 5 units final yr right here). Enormous psychological win for the Russian.

Alex de Minaur (6) def. Frances Tiafoe (29) 6-3, 6-4, 7-5

House hero Alex de Minaur prolonged his AO excellence, reaching the second week for the fifth straight yr (5-1 in 2026 to date) with a straight-sets win over Tiafoe.

De Minaur was rock strong as ever, and Tiafoe doesn’t actually have the solutions to the Aussie’s consistency and courtroom protection.

De Minaur advances to face Alexander Bublik in an attention-grabbing R4 matchup.

Alexander Zverev (3) def. Cameron Norrie (26) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

Alexander Zverev overcame a mid-match wobble to dominate the remaining, hitting 52 winners in 4 units towards the scrappy Norrie.

This ended British hopes in Melbourne, and I believed Zverev performed effectively. His serve has been very spectacular for the final 2 or so seasons, however he was respectable off the bottom as we speak, even on the forehand, which is often his Achilles heel.

Norrie will all the time attempt to flip issues right into a canine combat as he did towards Sascha again on the 2024 Aus Open of their five-setter, however Zverev has an ideal 7-0 H2H file towards him and now faces Francisco Cerundolo (who upset Rublev earlier).

Australian Open 2026 Day 7 Spherical of 16 Matches