Murray finally falls, Novak limps on, Linette springs an upset and a Sunday preview - Australian Open diary
On a day when Andy Murray was finally put away by the Spanish wall and Novak Djokovic limped his way into the fourth round, James Gray of inews.co.uk and the i newspaper gives you the lowdown from Down Under.
- Murray had a debt of lactic and energy to pay after his late-night finish against Thanasi Kokkinakis and the interest rate was too high as he was beaten 6-1 6-7(7) 6-3 6-4 by Roberto Bautista Agut.
- Djokovic's hamstring has been troubling him all week but one leg was enough to beat Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets
- Magda Linette sprang an upset to beat Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Caroline Garcia is a dangerous No 4 seed and overcame a scare to beat Laura Siegmund
SUNDAY'S ORDER OF PLAY
(All times GMT)
Rod Laver Arena
- Doubles match
- Not before 1.30am: Iga Swiatek (1) vs Elena Rybakina (22)
- Hubert Hurkacz (10) vs Sebastian Korda (29)
- 8am: Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) vs Jannik Sinner (15)
- Victoria Azarenka vs Zhu Lin
Margaret Court Arena
- Doubles match
- Not before 2am: Jelena Ostapenko (17) vs Coco Gauff (7)
- Not before 4.30am: Jiri Lehecka vs Felix Auger-Aliassime (6)
John Cain Arena
- Doubles match
- Doubles match
- Not before 3.30am: Yoshihito Nishioka (31) vs Karen Khachanov (18)
- Not before 6am: Jessica Pegula (3) vs Barbora Krejcikova (20)
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2023-01-21
21 min
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