Male Players Ranked Outside the Top 100 Who Reaches the Second Round or Deeper in the 2015 Australian Open

Everybody knows how hard it is to get into the main draw of a grand slam.  There are a variety of ways to be included in it but if one is ranked outside the top 100, the chances are even slimmer.  

That is why, every grand slam, this blog features all the players who are ranked outside the top 100, yet manages to reach the second round or further in the grand slam.  The player who reaches the deepest into the tournament is awarded the Breakthrough/Resurgent Player for that slam.

After today's round of play, the following men get into the second round.  More names will surely be added tomorrow as the second round continues.

Dudi Sela (ISR) #106 

Jurgen Melzer (AUT) #108

Tim Smyczek (USA) #112

Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) #119

James Duckworth (AUS) #120

Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) #147

Jan Hernych (CZE) # 201

Tim Smyczek: Player Ranked Outside the Top 100 Who Reached the Second Round of the Australian Open 2013

If you reach the second round of a grand slam, it just numerically means that you're in the top 64 in the world, that's why I'm featuring players ranked outside the top 100 who have reached the second round, since most likely, many of them even had to qualify for the main draw.  

First on the draw is Tim Smyczek of the USA, currently ranked #125.  He won his first round match against Croatian Ivo Karlovic, currently ranked #103 but was a former top 20 player, 64 76(5) 75.   That's a good victory for the American.  He will next meet David Ferrer of Spain.  Now, that's a tough opponent!

Tim Smyczek: Player Ranked Outside the Top 100 Who Reached the Second Round of the US Open 2012

Tim Smyczek of the US, ranked #179 in the world, won over fellow American, Bobby Reynolds, ranked #151 in the world, 16 64 62 46 64.  This is the first time he has reached the second round of the US Open and of any of the four Grand Slams.  He will meet Kei Nishikori, #17 in the world, in the second round.

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