was "overwhelming" — he meets jannik sinner next. in the women's draw, kaia kanepi has knocked out second seed aryna sabalenka in a final—set tie—break. it was one set all and 8—7 in the third, when kanepi edged in front — she thought the match was over and celebrated early — but needed another point. luckily her blushes were spared, taking the match to go through to a first australian open quarterfinal at the age of 36. france's alize cornet has made the quarterfinals of a major, at the 63rd time of asking. and she did it by knocking out two—time grand slam winner and 14th seed simona halep, admitting that she may have had some assistance. i had a little birthday present, i had a cake from the tournament. the cheesecake was amazing. i think that is why i had so much energy. that's why you won! i had so much cheesecake. i have energy for weeks now!