THE big names of the tennis world took centre stage in Melbourne Friday (20/01) night.
Reigning women’s champion Angelique Kerber defeated Kristyna Pliskova, while Roger Federer denied 10th seed Tomas Berdych a chance at the fourth round.
World No. 1 Andy Murray defeated Sam Querrey in a convincing three-set win, advancing into the fourth round in flying colours. But there’s some bad news.
Australia suffered two heavy blows with Bernard Tomic and Ashleigh Barty bowing out of the tournament in the third round.
- Coco Vandeweghe (USA) defeated Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 6-4 3-6 7-5
- Angelique Kerber (GER) defeated Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 6-0 6-4
- Stan Wawrinka (SUI) v (29) Viktor Troicki (SRB) 3-6 6-2 6-2 7-6
- Mona Barthel (GBR) defeated Ashleigh Barty (AUS) 6-4 3-6 6-3
- Roger Federer (SUI) defeated (10) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 6-2 6-4 6-4
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) def (11) Elina Svitolina (UKR) 7-5 4-6 6-3
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) defeated (23) Jack Sock (USA) 7-6 7-5 6-7 6-3
- Venus Williams (USA defeated Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) 6-1 6-0
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) defeated Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 6-4 5-7 9-7
- Andy Murray (GBR) defeated Sam Querrey (USA) 6-4 6-2 6-4
- Daniel Evans (GBR) defeated (27) Bernard Tomic (AUS) 7-5 7-6 7-6
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