Serena Williams continues her quest for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles title when she plays No. 7 seed Aryna Sabalenka in the fourth round.
Nadal is chasing a men’s record 21st major title but entered the tournament with back stiffness and without any competitive matches in 2021.
Barty rallied from 4-2 down in the second set and broke Alexandrova’s serve to make it 4-all on her sixth break point.
Rublev and Medevedev both went unbeaten in the 12-team ATP Cup last week to clinch the title for Russia.
Medvedev had been bothered by a problem with his upper left leg and left the court with a trainer for a medical timeout late in the fourth set.
Bopanna and his Chinese partner Yingying Duan lost 4-6 4-6 to the pair of American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and United Kingdom's Jamie Murray in a first-round match that lasted an hour and three minutes.
The No.1-ranked Djokovic said he might not be able to play his next match, scheduled for Sunday against Milos Raonic.
Thiem will face Grigor Dimitrov for a spot in the quarterfinals.
Naomi Osaka is back in the fourth round of the Australian Open for the first time since her title run in 2019.
Williams defeated world No. 101 Potapova 7-6(5), 6-2 to set an enticing fourth-round meeting against Belarusian No.1 Aryna Sabalenka.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews on Friday confirmed Melbourne would be locked down from midnight.
The 20-time major champion completed the match against the 177th-ranked Mmoh in 1 hour, 47 minutes and said it was a “positive evening for me.”
The Fifth-seeded Greek tennis star has been pushed all the way in a 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-4 win over No. 267-ranked Australian wild-card entrant Kokkinakis.
India's challenge also ended in the men's doubles competition after Divij and his Slovakian partner Igor Zelenay lost 1-6, 4-6 against the German combination of Yannick Hanfmann Kevin Krawietz.
World No. 65 Kanepi defeated the fourth-seeded American 6-3, 6-2 in the second round.
The mercurial Australian will meet third-seeded Dominic Thiem in the third round.
The second-seeded Halep hadn’t lost to a player ranked as low as Tomljanovic since her second-round defeat to No. 116 Taylor Townsend at the 2019 U.S. Open.
Osaka is on a 16-match win streak, with her last loss coming in a Fed Cup match last February.
Top-seeded Ash Barty is aiming to continue her sparkling form when she takes on fellow Australian Daria Gavrilova in the second round
The 17-time Grand Slam winner sweats it hard to defeat Francis Tiafoe 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 in second-round match of the Grand Slam.
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