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Australian Open at a glance, day 6

Melbourne, Australia: A look at the sixth day of the Australian Open tennis championships on Saturday:   WEATHER: Sunny with cloudy periods and a high of 23 Celsius (73 Fahrenheit).   ATTENDANCE: Day session: 53,090; Night: 27,129;

PTI Updated on: January 18, 2014 18:48 IST
australian open at a glance day 6
australian open at a glance day 6

Melbourne, Australia: A look at the sixth day of the Australian Open tennis championships on Saturday:

   
WEATHER: Sunny with cloudy periods and a high of 23 Celsius (73 Fahrenheit).
   
ATTENDANCE: Day session: 53,090; Night: 27,129; TOTAL: 80,219.
   
SEEDED WINNERS: Men: No. 1 Rafael Nadal, No. 4 Andy Murray, No. 6 Roger Federer, No. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 16 Kei Nishikori, No. 22 Grigor Dimitrov.
   
Women: No. 2 Victoria Azarenka, No. 3 Maria Sharapova, No. 5 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 8 Jelena Jankovic, No. 11 Simona Halep, No. 13 Sloane Stephens, No. 20 Dominika Cibulkova.
   
SEEDED LOSERS: Men: No. 11 Milos Raonic, No. 18 Gilles Simon, No. 25 Gael Monfils, No. 26 Feliciano Lopez, No. 27 Benoit Paire. Women: No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 16 Carla Suarez Navarro, No. 25 Alize Cornet, No. 29 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
   
STAT OF THE DAY: 3 -- number of Japanese players that Jankovic has beaten in three rounds -- Misaki Doi (1st), Ayumi Morita (2nd), Kurumi Nara (3rd).
   
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I might need to take a hot bath tonight instead of a cold one" -- Sharapova on the much-cooler temperatures Saturday after a record, four-day heat wave at Melbourne Park.

PLAYING SUNDAY: Fourth Round: No. 2 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 15 Fabio Fognini, No. 3 David Ferrer vs. Florian Mayer, No. 7 Tomas Berdych vs. No. 19 Kevin Anderson, No. 8 Stanislas Wawrinka vs. No. 17 Tommy Robredo; No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 14 Ana Ivanovic, No. 4 Li Na vs. No. 22 Ekaterina Makarova, No. 9 Angelique Kerber vs. No. 28 Flavia Pennetta, No. 30 Eugenie Bouchard vs. Casey Dellacqua.
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