Highlights of the sixth day of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Friday, all occasions native (GMT +11): 2345 RUBLEV EASES PAST KORDA

Fifth seed Andrey Rublev took slightly below two hours to beat American twenty ninth seed Sebastian Korda 6-2 7-6(6) 6-4. The Russian will now face Australian tenth seed Alex de Minaur within the fourth spherical.

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2253 MANNARINO MOVES ON TO FACE DJOKOVIC French twentieth seed Adrian Mannarino defeated American sixteenth seed Ben Shelton 7-6(4) 1-6 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4 and can now tackle world primary and defending champion Novak Djokovic within the fourth spherical.

Mannarino, 35, has solely reached the fourth spherical as soon as earlier than in Australia, when he misplaced to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in 2022. 2145 DJOKOVIC DOWNS ETCHEVERRY

Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Thirtieth-seeded Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3 6-3 7-6(2). It is the primary time on this yr’s event that the Serbian has not dropped a set, however the world primary did want a tiebreak within the third set having failed to interrupt the Argentine’s serve.

2123 TIMOFEEVA MARCHES ON Russian qualifier Maria Timofeeva reached the fourth spherical after a 7-6(7) 6-3 win over tenth seed Beatriz Haddad Maia from Brazil.

Timofeeva, ranked 170 on the earth, defeated former champion Caroline Wozniacki within the earlier spherical and the 20-year-old will face Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine within the fourth spherical. 2122 DE MINAUR THROUGH TO FOURTH ROUND

Australian Alex de Minaur defeated Italian qualifier Flavio Cobolli 6-3 6-3 6-1 The quantity 10 seed is the one Australian left within the males’s event.

1815 ANDREEVA DELIGHTED WITH MURRAY PRAISE Russian 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva mentioned she would print out and body a social media publish from three-times Grand Slam champion Andy Murray about her psychological energy, telling reporters: “I will bring it everywhere with me.”

“I will maybe put it on the wall so I can see it every day (smiling). Honestly I didn’t expect him to do anything about this match, so…” 1635 TEENAGER ANDREEVA THROUGH AFTER SENSATIONAL COMEBACK

Andreeva recovered from a 5-1 deficit within the third set and saved a match level to seal a 1-6 6-1 7-6(5) win over France’s Diane Parry and enter the fourth spherical of the Australian Open on her senior debut within the event. 1540 FRITZ SEALS COMEBACK WIN OVER MAROSZAN

American twelfth seed Taylor Fritz got here from a set right down to beat Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2 and attain the fourth spherical, the place he’ll face two-time Grand Slam finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas. 1530 TSITSIPAS, GAUFF THROUGH IN STRAIGHT SETS

Greek seventh seed Tsitsipas eased by means of the primary two units earlier than combating again from a 2-0 deficit within the third to clinch a 6-3 6-0 6-4 win over Frenchman Luca Van Assche. U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff brushed apart compatriot Alycia Parks 6-0 6-2 to advance to the fourth spherical.

1437 KHACHANOV ELIMINATES MACHAC Russian fifteenth seed Karen Khachanov knocked out Czech Tomas Machac to guide a ticket to the fourth spherical, profitable 6-4 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(5).

The 27-year-old Khachanov had reached the semi-final final yr. 1405 SINNER STEAMROLLERS BAEZ

Italian fourth seed Jannik Sinner reached the fourth spherical after wrapping up an emphatic 6-0 6-1 6-3 victory over Argentine Sebastian Baez in an hour and 52 minutes. 1350 SABALENKA SETS SIGHTS ON SWIATEK

Aryna Sabalenka joked that she was making an attempt to match world primary Iga Swiatek’s capability to crush opponents by profitable units with out conceding video games after doling out a ‘double bagel’ in her victory over Lesia Tsurenko. “Last year Iga won so many sets 6-0 and this is one of the goals, try to get closer to her,” Sabalenka mentioned. “I’m just super happy with the level I’m playing so far and hopefully I can keep going like that, or even better.”

1305 SABALENKA ‘DOUBLE BAGELS’ TSURENKO Defending champion Sabalenka continued her quest for her second straight title at Melbourne Park with a dominant 6-0 6-0 victory over Ukraine’s Tsurenko in simply 52 minutes.

Sabalenka, who performed an almost flawless match and fired off 16 winners to overpower Twenty eighth-seeded Tsurenko, has dropped simply six video games in three matches thus far. 1245 ANISIMOVA KNOCKS OUT BADOSA

American Amanda Anisimova made it by means of to the fourth spherical of the Australian Open for a 3rd time with a 7-5 6-4 win over former world quantity two Paula Badosa of Spain. 1111 – PLAY UNDERWAY ON ANOTHER COOL DAY AT MELBOURNE PARK

Play received underway as scheduled on the outer courts at Melbourne Park, the place there have been blustery situations with the temperature a cool 18 levels Celsius (64 levels Fahrenheit).

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