sets, playing for a mammoth three and a half hours. the russian is the top seed remaining in the men s draw. he will face the canadian felix auiger alliasime in the quarters after he beat marin cilic, also in four sets. in the women s draw, kaia kanepi 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 saved and she got it to go through to a first australian open quarterfinal at the age of 36. two time grand slam winner simona halep is out. the 14th seed lost in three sets to france s alize cornet, who makes the quarterfinals of a major for the first time at the age of 32 and at the 63rd time of trying. she was understandably very
going on to win the fourth 6 3 and then with two match points in the fifth. he smashed into the corner and fritz s return went long. earlier, daniil medvedev beat american maxime cressy in 4 sets, playing for a mammoth three and a half hours. the russian is the top seed remaining in the men s draw, and he will face the canadian felix auiger alliasime in the quarters after he beat marin cilic, also in four sets. 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 and she got it to go through to a first australian open quarter final at the age of 36.