Melbourne Jan 18 (IANS) German tennis star Alexander Zverev ranked and seeded No.4 on Thursday defeated his compatriot Peter Gojowczyk at the Australian Open booking a place in the third round of this year s first Grand Slam for the second consecutive time.
Zverev who won 79 percent of the first serve points took two hours to end World No.62 Gojowczyk s Australian Open bid with 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3 reports Efe.
The 20-year-old is scheduled to take on World No.58 Hyeon Chung of South Korea who defeated Russian Daniil Medvedev 7-6(7-4) 6-1 6-1 in one hour and 56 minutes.
World No.7 David Goffin of Belgium could not make it to the third round after being defeated by France s Julien Benneteau 6-1 6-7(5-7) 1-6 6-7(4-7) in almost three hours.
Despite winning the first set the 27-year-old Goffin experienced a tough loss in front of Benneteau the World No.59.
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