Jacob Fearnley reaches Australian Open third round in dream run for rising Brit Jacob Fearnley has reached the third round of the 2025 Australian Open on his main draw debut in a dream run for the rising British tennis star.
Fearnley signed autographs after his four-set win over Cazaux on Court 6 with one fan yelling from the crowd that the Brit was the ‘the next Andy Murray’ after such an impressive run at his first overseas major event.
Fearnley was one of six British tennis players to reach the second round at Melbourne Park across both the men’s singles and women’s singles.
Fearnley, who impressively eliminated Nick Kyrgios in the opening round, defeated French world No.78 Arthur Cazaux 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-3 on Wednesday.
It marks the latest career highlight for Fearnley, was who ranked world No.646 this time last year, having competed in one Challenger-level event.
