Melbourne, Australia: A look at the fifth day of the Australian Open tennis championships on Friday:
WEATHER: High of 42 Celsius (108 Fahrenheit), the fourth day in a row of hot temperatures, although a late-afternoon change dropped temperatures significantly.
ATTENDANCE: Day session: 31,644.
SEEDED WINNERS: Men: No. 3 David Ferrer, No. 7 Tomas Berdych, No. 8 Stanislaw Wawrinka (injury walkover), No. 19 Kevin Anderson.
Women: No. 1 Serena Williams, No. 4 Li Na, No. 9 Angelique Kerber, No. 22 Ekaterina Makarova, No. 28 Flavia Pennetta, No. 30 Eugenie Bouchard.
SEEDED LOSERS: Men: No. 20 Jerzy Janowicz, No. 28 Vasek Pospisil (injury walkover), No. 29 Jeremy Chardy. Women: No. 26 Lucie Safarova, No. 31 Daniela Hantuchova.
STAT OF THE DAY: 61 -- record number of matches won by Serena Williams at the Australian Open, beating Margaret Court's mark with her win Friday over Hantuchova.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Today I was completely kaput" -- Janowicz after his straight-sets loss to Florian Mayer in the heat at Melbourne Park.
PLAYING SATURDAY: 3rd Round: No. 1 Rafael Nadal vs. No. 25 Gael Monfils, No. 4 Andy Murray vs. No. 26 Feliciano Lopez, No. 6 Roger Federer vs. Teymuraz Gabashvili; No. 2 Victoria Azarenka vs. Yvonne Meusburger, No. 3 Maria Sharapova vs. No. 25 Alize Cornet, No. 5 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
FORECAST SATURDAY: Cooler, finally, high of 23 C (73 F).
