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What were the Australian Open qualifying results on Tuesday?

Alexander Blockx and Rafael Jodar were among the players to advance to the second round of Australian Open qualifying on Tuesday, continuing their strong rises.

Both Blockx and Jodar competed at the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF in Jeddah last month. The 20-year-old Blockx, who won the 2023 Australian Open boys’ title, defeated Marco Cecchinato 6-3, 6-4 in Melbourne to extend his winning streak at all levels to six matches.

The Belgian cracked the Top 100 on Monday following his triumph at the Canberra Challenger, where he downed Jodar in the final. Jodar, who spent two years at the University of Virginia before turning pro last month, defeated Australian wild card Li Tu 6-2, 6-1.

Elsewhere in qualifying, 17-year-old Cruz Hewitt, son of former No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings Lleyton Hewitt, fell to three-time Challenger champion Michael Zheng 6-3, 6-3. Mackenzie McDonald, who defeated Rafael Nadal at the 2023 Australian Open, rallied past Dmitry Popko 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-5.

Federico Cina, 18, is aiming to reach the Next Gen ATP Finals in 2026 and got his season up and running with an impressive 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3 over former World No. 31 Lloyd Harris.

Leandro Riedi also progressed, knocking out 11th seed Jan Choinski 6-3, 6-4. Riedi’s win marked another positive step in his return from undergoing two surgeries across the 2024 and 2025 seasons. The Swiss player reached the fourth round at the US Open last year as the World No. 435.

View all of the Australian Open results here.

The Australian Open main draw begins Sunday, with two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner and World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz headlining the hard-court major.