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Updates from the evening session on day six in Melbourne
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7.44am GMT
So what has happened so far today? The women have continued yesterday’s run of top 10 defeats with two further top 10 upsets. Karolina Pliskova was ousted 7-6(4) 7-6(3) by the talented and seasoned Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, seeded 30th. 6th seed Belinda Bencic, who reached the US Open semis after upsetting Naomi Osaka, was destroyed by a zoning Anett Kontaveit 6-0 6-1 in just 49 minutes. Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber had no such problems and happily moved into the fourth round.
In the men’s draw, Rafael Nadal eased past Pablo Carreno Busta 6-1 6-2 6-4 and Dominic Thiem came through a potentially tricky four set match against Taylor Fritz of the United States. The in-form Andrey Rublev, seeded 17th, marched on after beating 11th seed David Goffin. 10th seed Gael Monfils saw off Ernests Gulbis in straight sets.
7.13am GMT
Hello! Welcome to another evening of Australian Open tennis as the final third round matches are completed. Absolutely nothing will come close to the carnage and drama of yesterday’s action, which saw Naomi Osaka fall to 15 year old Coco Gauff, Serena Williams upset by Wang Qiang, Stefanos Tsitsipas thoroughly beaten by Milos Raonic before Roger Federer barely survived a 5th set tiebreak against John Millman. However, there are some very interesting matches in store.
Rod Laver Arena’s night session will begin with a curious battle between 5th seed Elina Svitolina and two-time slam champion Garbine Muguruza. Muguruza is unseeded after a dire 2019 in which her ranking tumbled and she struggled to find any of the form that propelled her to victories at Roland Garros in 2016 and Wimbledon in 2017. She starts this year with a new coach, 1994 Wimbledon champ Conchita Martinez, and there have been some encouraging signs. This should reveal a lot about where Muguruza’s game is as she looks to return to the top 20 and beyond. Continue reading...