French wildcard Arthur Cazaux continued his fairytale run in the Australian Open as he reached the fourth round on Saturday.
The 21-year-old, ranked 122nd in the world coming into the tournament, registered a convincing 6-3 6-3 6-1 win over Tallon Griekspoor in the third round.
Cazaux also beat Laslo Djere and Holger Rune in the previous rounds of the first major of the year.
It is Cazaux's debut at Melbourne Park — he was not ranked high enough to get into qualifying last year — and he became the first wildcard since Denis Istomin in 2017 to get into the second week.
He will face another big-server in Polish ninth seed Hubert Hurkacz in the fourth round as he looks to become the first wildcard to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals since Czech Tomas Smid in 1983.
Having played the likes of Rune, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Arthur Fils as a junior, Cazaux said he does not feel any pressure on court.
"I'm ready to fight everyone. I'm ready to fight in every match," he said.
"I'm here to give everything on court. Sometimes I play bad, sometimes I play good. It doesn't matter. The only important thing is to give everything on court. That's my rules."
Cazaux does not look like he is feeling any pressure as he struts around the court, his white baseball cap on backwards and a diamond earring in each ear.
He attributes his rocket of a serve, which earned him 18 aces in the second round against eighth seed Rune and another 14 in his shorter match against Griekspoor, to playing handball.
"I always had a good shoulder because I played handball for many years," he added.
"I did seven years of handball in a good team, so during all of my childhood, I shot every day.
"It's always been a big strength on my game. I know I can improve on my serve, but it's a big strength, yes."
— Additional input from Reuters
