Lehecka (proper) had not gained a Grand Slam match earlier than this event
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Sixth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime misplaced to Jiri Lehecka within the Australian Open fourth spherical to change into the sixth top-10 seed to exit the event.
The Canadian was crushed 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-3) by the unseeded Czech.
High two seeds Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud each misplaced within the second spherical whereas two-time finalist Daniil Medvedev was crushed on Friday.
Lehecka will face both Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas or Italian fifteenth seed Jannik Sinner subsequent.
Rising star Lehecka, 21, beforehand beat Britain’s Cameron Norrie within the third spherical.
He had not gained a Grand Slam match earlier than this event however is now by means of to a primary main quarter-final.
Auger-Aliassime turns into the ultimate participant to fall to the ‘Netflix curse’, which is supposedly inflicting gamers who featured within the just lately launched collection Break Level to bow out of the Australian Open early.
Fellow stars Ruud, Ons Jabeur, Maria Sakkari, Matteo Berrettini, Taylor Fritz and Thanasi Kokkinakis have all misplaced, whereas Nick Kyrgios, Paula Badosa and Ajla Tomljanovic needed to withdraw earlier than the event started.