The two-time defending champion won 6-3, 6-3 against Thiago Seyboth Wild for his second straight victory in his first tournament after skipping Monte Carlo and Barcelona because of an arm injury.

The No. 2 seed still believes Jannik Sinner is the favorite despite notching his 13th consecutive tournament victory Sunday.

Thiago Seyboth Wild and Christopher O'Connell pulled off the Saturday upsets, while Martin Damm advanced when his compatriot retired.

The 23rd-ranked Norrie became the favorite to win the clay court tournament again after Carlos Alcaraz retired with a right ankle injury and Stan Wawrinka and Nicolás Jarry were defeated.

The Brazilian teen is the youngest player to reach the quarterfinals of an ATP event since Alexander Zverev at 2014 Hamburg.

Before each day's play in Melbourne, we'll preview three must-see matches.

One player even jumped 141 spots into the Top 10 between the 2022 and 2023 year-end rankings…

“I tried to make him win this match, and he managed to do it,” the No. 2 seed said of his clay-court conqueror, the 172nd-ranked qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild.

Seyboth Wild hadn't even played a tour-level main-draw match at all in 2023, instead competing on the lower-level ATP Challenger Tour.

Brazil’s newest star was both halted and afflicted by COVID-19, but he remains his nation’s post-pandemic tennis future.