Women's world number two Caroline Wozniacki and fourth-seed Elina Svitolina also eased to third round wins at Melbourne Park along with Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova, Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro and Belgian Elise Mertens. Estonian Anett Kontaveit pulled off the only major upset of the day as she knocked out French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, leaving Maria Sharapova and Angelique Kerber as the only two former grand slam winners left in the women's draw."That's one of the best wins of his career."
[17] @NickKyrgios reels off five points in a row in the deciding set tie-break to defeat [15] Jo-Wilfred #Tsonga and progress to the 4R!#AusOpen pic.twitter.com/Oiihmmr602 — #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 19, 2018
Former world number ones Kerber and Sharapova will face off in their highly-anticipated third round fixture on Saturday. Meanwhile, sixth-seed Marin Cilic, Briton Kyle Edmund, Argentine Diego Schwartzman and Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta also progressed to the fourth round of the men's draw. WOZNIACKI EASES PAST BERTENS World number two Caroline Wozniacki raced to a 6-4 6-3 win over Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands to set up a last 16 clash with 19th-seeded Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova.You can't wipe the ? off her face... Anett #Kontaveit will play Carla Suarez Navarro in the 4R! #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/euoztAbWGw
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KONTAVEIT PULLS OFF OSTAPENKO UPSET Estonia's 32nd-seed Anett Kontaveit knocked out French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko with a 6-3 1-6 6-3 win over the Latvian. It is the second time that Kontaveit has progressed to the fourth round of a grand slam, having previously done so at the U.S. Open in 2015. She will take on Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro. CILIC OUSTS HARRISON Sixth-seed Marin Cilic beat American Ryan Harrison 7-6(4) 6-3 7-6(4) to progress to the fourth round for the first time since 2011.Caroline Wozniacki needs all her grit to beat Bertens and reach #AusOpen fourth round. By @kevinmitchell50 https://t.co/7B1R1Oljo2
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Croatian Cilic will meet Spanish 10th-seed Pablo Carreno-Busta in the next round. KYRGIOS BATTLES PAST TSONGA Home favourite Nick Kyrgios earned a hard-fought 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(5) victory over France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach the fourth round at Melbourne Park for the second time. American actor Will Smith watched as Kyrgios sealed the win and the 22-year-old was star-struck.Sixth seed @cilic_marin hits 53 winners past Ryan #Harrison to continue his winning ways at the #AusOpen d the American 7-6(4) 6-3 7-6(4)#AusOpen pic.twitter.com/D8RW197MBh
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"When I saw him out here, I was so nervous. I just wanted him to think I was cool!," Kyrgios said. The Australian 17th-seed faces a tough battle against world number three Grigor Dimitrov in the last 16. MURRAY BROTHERS HAIL EDMUND'S FIGHTING SPIRIT Three-times grand slam champion Andy Murray and brother Jamie took to Twitter to congratulate fellow Briton Kyle Edmund for his impressive victory over Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili.“"He [#Tsonga] was a guy I looked up to as a kid. It was 2008 that I was going to all of his practice sessions with a new ball and got it signed. To get a win against him is a dream come true."
- @NickKyrgios#AusOpen pic.twitter.com/yaql9irXxS — #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 19, 2018
"Physical test passed.. Mental strength passed..I reckon that's biggest win of @kyle8edmund career! Well done kedders @AustralianOpen," Andy said. Jamie tweeted: "So happy for you @kyle8edmund What a fight! #slugfest." DIMITROV TAKES RUBLEV REVENGE World number three Grigor Dimitrov avenged his second round defeat by Andrey Rublev at last year's U.S. Open, beating the Russian 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-4 to book a place in round of 16. CARRENO BUSTA BOOKS FOURTH ROUND SPOT World number 11 Pablo Carreno Busta's measured approach earned him a 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5 7-5 victory over Big-serving Gilles Muller in the third round. Luxembourg's Muller fired 74 winners, including 40 aces, but failed to control the match, having chalked up 36 unforced errors. DOMINANT SVITOLINA THROUGH TO ROUND FOUR World number four Elina Svitolina cruised into the round of 16, beating fellow Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk 6-2 6-2. It ends the dream run of 15-year-old Kostyuk, who became the youngest player to reach the third round of a grand slam since Croatian Mirjana Lucic-Baroni at the 1997 U.S. Open.Kyle Edmund has that #FridayFeeling ?
He's only gone and reached round four of the Aussie Open! https://t.co/IIhmCr8af6 #AusOpen #bbctennis pic.twitter.com/62N5aEs6CV — BBC Tennis (@bbctennis) January 19, 2018
"It's sad that it was against a Ukrainian girl. That's always tough," Svitolina said. "(Kostyuk) always fights until the end. She has a very bright future and you're definitely going to hear a lot more about her."Many more to come for this lil champ @marta_kostyuk! Let’s keep it rolling. #last16 @AustralianOpen pic.twitter.com/kflzlEnrgp
— Elina Svitolina (@ElinaSvitolina) January 19, 2018
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