Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov suffered a defeat in straight sets during the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne. The Richmond Hill, Ontario native lost to Croatia’s Marin Cilic with a score of 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Shapovalov, seeded No. 21, was the last Canadian singles player in the men’s competition.
Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka had remarkable performances at the Australian Open. Djokovic secured his 399th Grand Slam match win by defeating Francesco Maestrelli 6-3, 6-2, 6-2, inching closer to becoming the first player to reach 400 wins. The 38-year-old is vying for his 25th Grand Slam title to surpass Ken Rosewall’s record as the oldest man to win a major singles championship in the Open era.
Wawrinka, at 40 years and 310 days, became the first man over 40 to advance to the third round of a major since Rosewall in 1978. He achieved a hard-fought comeback victory against Arthur Gea in a 4 1/2-hour match, setting the longest match of the 2026 tournament so far. Wawrinka, who plans to retire at the end of the year, will face No. 9 Taylor Fritz in the next round.
In another notable match, defending champion Madison Keys overcame a double break in the second set to defeat Ashlyn Krueger 6-1, 7-5, setting up a third-round clash against former No. 1 Karolína Plíšková. The Australian Open continues to draw massive crowds, setting a tournament record with a combined day and night attendance of 103,720, reflecting the growing interest in the competition.