Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Karolina Pliskova 7-6, 7-6 to win her third round fixture and set up a clash with Angelique Kerber.
Rafael Nadal defeated fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in the third round of Australian Open 2020.
Roger Federer survived against Australia's John Millman 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 in the third round of Australian Open 2020 on Friday.
The 2016 Wimbledon finalist had five match points in the third-set tiebreaker and converted his second with a booming forehand winner for a 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (2) victory on Margaret Court Arena.
Top-seeded Rafael Nadal plays Pablo Carreno Busta, Nick Kyrgios takes on Karen Khachanov and Alexander Zverev plays Fernando Verdasco in other men's third-round matches
Tears flowed after 2018 Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki's professional career ended with a third-round loss Friday at Melbourne Park.
Down to what sure felt like her last chance, Serena Williams came through with a cross-court forehand winner to close a 24-stroke point, then raised her arms, held that celebratory pose and looked over toward her guest box.
American teenager Coco Gauff has beaten defending champion Naomi Osaka 6-3, 6-4 to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open.
Williams was broken in the final game, fittingly ending things with a backhand into the net. That was her 27th unforced error on the backhand side, part of a total of 56 miscues. Wang made only 20.
India's Divij Sharan was knocked out in the second round in the men's doubles at Australian Open.
Roger Federer will play John Millman while Novak Djokovic will take on Yoshihito Nishioka. Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka will also be in action on Day 5 of the Australian Open.
All the top 10 seeded women in Australian Open 2020 sealed their spots in the third round of the competition on Thursday.
Rafael Nadal defeated Federico Delbonis -3, 7-6, 6-1 while Nick Kyrgios got the better of Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 in the second round of Australian Open.
Rafael Nadal's wayward forehad hit a ball kid on her head but Nadal kissed her on the cheek and gave his headband to her after the match.
Sania and her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok, who came into the major after winning the doubles title at the Hobart International, were trailing 2-6 0-1 against the Chinese team of Xinyun Han and Lin Zhu when the Indian called it quits.
Rafael Nadal will take on Federico Delbonis while local boy Nick Kyrgios will play Gilles Simon in the second round of Australian Open 2020.
Serena Williams defeated Tamara Zidansek 6-2, 6-3 while Naomi Osaka and Ash Barty got the better of Zheng Saisai and Polona Hercog 6-2, 6-4 and 6-1, 6-4 respectively.
Roger Federer defeated Filip Krajinovic 6-1, 6-4, 6-1 while Novak Djokovic got the better of wild-card entry Tatsuma Ito 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of Australian Open.
Sharan and Sitak got the better of the Portuguese-Spanish duo 6-4, 7-5 in a thrilling one-hour 28-minute encounter.
Djokovic needed just 95 minutes to advance as he defeated Ito 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 at Rod Laver Arena. He will next face another Japanese player Yoshihito Nishioka.
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