The meeting lasted 2 hours 41 minutes and ended with a score of 7:6 (16:14), 6:2, 6:2 in favor of the 20-time Grand Slam champion.

In the next round, Nadal will play with the representative of Canada Denis Shapovalov, who defeated Alexander Zverev from Germany.

Recall that Nadal only once became the winner of the Australian Open - in 2009.

Earlier it was reported that the Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka lost to the Czech Barbora Kreychikova in the fourth round of the Australian Open.