Jan 21 (Reuters) \u2013 Highlights of the fourth day at the Australian Open on Wednesday (times GMT):<\/p>\n
0920 \u2013 ANDREEVA BEATS SAKKARI<\/p>\n
Mirra Andreeva appeared to be in cruise control early on, with the eighth seed thumping Greece\u2019s Maria Sakkari 6-0 in the first set of their second round clash.<\/p>\n
Backed by a thunderous crowd, Sakkari came alive to take a lead in the second set, but the Russian teenager regained her composure for a 6-0 6-4 \u200dvictory.<\/p>\n
0910 \u2013 BUBLIK REACHES THIRD ROUND<\/p>\n
Alexander Bublik continued his tremendous form as the 10th seed picked up a straightforward 7-5 6-4 7-5 victory over Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, extending his winning streak to six matches in 2026.<\/p>\n
0725 GMT \u2013 ZHENG RETIRES AGAINST MOUTET<\/p>\n
American Michael Zheng retired in the fourth set against 32nd seed Corentin Moutet, who advanced 3-6 6-1 6-3 2-0 to a third-round match-up against world number one Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n
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Tennis-Opponents have nothing to lose, says top seed Sabalenka<\/p>\n
Tennis-Top seed Sabalenka sees off Bai to progress to third round<\/p>\n
Short shift for Sinner, Keys through as Osaka makes bold Melbourne \u200cstatement<\/p>\n
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Ukraine\u2019s Oliynykova finds joy in Grand Slam debut despite first-round loss<\/p>\n
0700 GMT \u2013 \u200cFIERY DAVIDOVICH FOKINA WINS FIVE-SET THRILLER<\/p>\n
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina battled for nearly four hours against American Reilly Opelka to seal a 6-3 7-6(3) 5-7 4-6 6-4 victory before erupting in a roar of celebration.<\/p>\n
The 14th seed looked frustrated during the match and received a code violation for smashing his racquet.<\/p>\n
0600 GMT \u2013 ALCARAZ MARCHES ON<\/p>\n
World number one Carlos Alcaraz took the latest step in his bid for the career Grand Slam with a 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2 victory over a gutsy Yannick Hanfmann.<\/p>\n
0515 GMT \u2013 EASY WIN FOR COCO<\/p>\n
Coco Gauff \u200bsailed past Serbian Olga Danilovic with a dominant 6-2 6-2 win to set up a third-round clash against her fellow American Hailey Baptiste.<\/p>\n
\u201cI missed a backhand at 40-0 to go up 5-0 (in the first set) but other than that it was pretty perfect,\u201d the third seed said.<\/p>\n
0455 GMT \u2013 MEDVEDEV SURVIVES EARLY SCARE<\/p>\n
Daniil Medvedev lost \u200dthe first set in an intense tiebreaker against Frenchman Quentin Halys but the three-times Melbourne Park \u200bfinalist hit back to score a 6-7(9) 6-3 6-4 6-2 win.<\/p>\n
0455 GMT \u2013 RADUCANU\u00a0ELIMINATED IN SECOND ROUND<\/p>\n
Britain\u2019s Emma Raducanu lost in \u200bstraight sets to Austria\u2019s Anastasia Potapova, the former U.S. Open champion falling 7-6(3) 6-2 in the second round.<\/p>\n
0400 GMT \u2013 TEEN SENSATION MBOKO ADVANCES<\/p>\n
Canadian teen Victoria Mboko defeated American Caty \u200dMcNally 6-4 6-3 to advance. Trailing 3-0 in the second set, 19-year-old Mboko won six games in a row to complete the comeback.<\/p>\n
0330 GMT \u2013 RUBLEV BEATS FARIA<\/p>\n
Russian 13th seed Andrey Rublev overcame issues with his serve to defeat Portuguese qualifier Jaime Faria 6-4 6-3 4-6 7-5 to advance to the next round.<\/p>\n
0225 GMT \u2013 EXITS FOR HOME HOPES GIBSON, HUNTER<\/p>\n
Australian wildcard Talia Gibson had three match points but could not finish 23rd seed Diana Shnaider off, the 21-year-old losing 3-6 7-5 6-3.<\/p>\n
Gibson\u2019s compatriot Storm Hunter was also eliminated after losing 6-2 6-1 to Hailey Baptiste.<\/p>\n
0155 GMT \u2013 SABALENKA BLAZES PAST BAI<\/p>\n
World number one Aryna Sabalenka cruised to a 6-3 \u200d6-1 win over China\u2019s Bai Zhuoxuan to reach the third round.<\/p>\n
0145 GMT \u2013\u00a0SONMEZ, CERUNDOLO ADVANCE<\/p>\n
Turkish 23-year-old Zeynep Sonmez, who emerged as a crowd favourite after helping a ball girl on day one, defeated Hungarian Anna Bondar 6-2 6-4 to progress to the third round.<\/p>\n
In the men\u2019s draw, 18th seed Francisco Cerundolo from Argentina beat Damir Dzumhur \u200d6-3 6-2 6-1.<\/p>\n
0130 GMT \u2013 SVITOLINA WINS IN STRAIGHT SETS<\/p>\n
Ukraine\u2019s Elina \u200dSvitolina, the 12th seed, cruised past Polish qualifier Linda Klimovicova\u00a07-5 6-1 to become the first player through to the third \u200bround.<\/p>\n
0000 GMT \u2013 PLAY STARTS ON THE MAIN SHOWCOURTS<\/p>\n
Play started on the main showcourts at Melbourne Park with Ukrainian 12th \u200bseed Elina Svitolina \u2060taking on qualifier Linda Klimovicova of Poland at John Cain Arena. Women\u2019s top seed Aryna Sabalenka was due to \u200cstart the day on Rod Laver Arena at 0030 against China\u2019s Bai Zhuoxuan while fiery Russian Andrey Rublev, seeded 13th, battles Jaime Faria on Margaret Court Arena, also at 0030.<\/p>\n
ORDER OF PLAY ON WEDNESDAY (Prefix number denotes seeding)<\/p>\n
ROD LAVER ARENA<\/p>\n
Day session (0030 GMT\/1130 AEDT)<\/p>\n
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Bai Zhuoxuan (China)<\/p>\n
1-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) v Yannick Hanfmann (Germany)<\/p>\n
Night session (0800 GMT\/1900 AEDT)<\/p>\n
Hamad Medjedovic (Serbia) v 6-Alex de Minaur (Australia)<\/p>\n
Iva Jovic (U.S.) v Priscilla Hon (Australia)<\/p>\n
MARGARET COURT ARENA<\/p>\n
Day session (0030 GMT\/1130 AEDT)<\/p>\n
Jaime Faria (Portugal) v 13-Andrey Rublev (Russia)<\/p>\n
3-Coco Gauff (U.S.) v Olga Danilovic (Serbia)<\/p>\n
Night session (0800 GMT\/1900 AEDT)<\/p>\n
Maria Sakkari (Greece) v 8-Mirra Andreeva (Russia)<\/p>\n
29-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.) v Francisco Comesana (Argentina)<\/p>\n
JOHN CAIN ARENA<\/p>\n
Day session (0000 GMT\/1100 AEDT)<\/p>\n
12-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) v Linda Klimovicova (Poland)<\/p>\n
11-Daniil Medvedev (Russia) v Quentin Halys (France)<\/p>\n
Night session (0600 GMT\/1700 AEDT)<\/p>\n
Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) v Ajla Tomljanovic (Australia)<\/p>\n
3-Alexander Zverev (Germany) v Alexandre Muller (France)<\/p>\n
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles and Karan Prashant \u2060Saxena in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan 21 (Reuters) \u2013 Highlights of the fourth day at the Australian Open on Wednesday (times GMT): 0920…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-423753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}