Daniil Medvedev has issued an exit in the third round of the Open championship of Australia, while Evgeny Donskoy, Anastasia Potapova, Margarita Gasparyan and Andy Murray finished performances in singles. British Johanna konta and Spanish Garbine Muguruza finished the match until three in the morning because of the intervention of the seagulls, and Ukrainian Elina Svitolina told what tennis player she began Dating. These and other events fourth day of the Australian Open in review RT.

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Victory

After Karen by Hazanovym in the third round of the Australian Open has stepped to another Russian player Daniil Medvedev. 22-year-old Muscovite is not yet lost in Melbourne any party. After the victory over South African Lloyd Harris he beat American Ryan Harrison. All three sets Medvedev won with the score 6:3, which allowed him to show the best result at the Australian majors in a career.

Then the Russians waiting for the first serious test in the face David Goffin. Get to the quarterfinals of the tournament in 2017, the Belgian has spent the last four sets to beat Romanian Marius Saved. Of Goffin and Medvedev are going to see each other, and the young Russian is technically her favorite — he is seeded six spots above Belgian tennis player.

Daniil does it!

The 22-year-old Russian seals the deal against Ryan Harrison, advancing to the 3R with a 6-3 6-3 6-3 victory.#AusOpen#GameSetMatchpic.twitter.com/zXfoqXSuQJ

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2019 Departures

For the other Russian tennis players that appeared on the courts of Melbourne in the fourth game of the day, the tournament is over. Evgeny Donskoy lost to the Serb Philip Krajinovic, who had lost only three positions in the ATP rankings. Twice the players were out on tie-breaks, but the Serbian tennis player showed in Australia that he can win them.

For 17-year-old Anastasia Potapova debut Australian Open ended on the second lap. The Russian woman was Dating the 17-th racket of the tournament is Madison Keys, who has not appeared in court since the autumn due to a knee injury. But the American retained the skills and beat a young native of Saratov with the score 6:3, 6:4, six times what she had to saved break points Potapova.

With a loud roar, @Madison_Keys takes the first set over Potapova, 6-3. #AusOpenpic.twitter.com/S0D9zl1lh6

— WTA (@WTA) 17 Jan 2019

In the next round of Keys will come together face to face with another offender of the Russian tennis — players, the Belgian Elise Mertens, beat Margarita Gasparyan. Last year’s Australian Open semi-finalist easily won the first set, giving the opponent only one game. But then 24-year-old Muscovite managed to battle and even earned a few setblob, but was unable to push the match to a third party.

Yes @elise_mertens! ?

Def. Gasparyan 7-5 6-1 to improve her record at majors against opponents outside the Top 50 to 9-0.#AusOpen#GameSetMatchpic.twitter.com/aDRFSUEzpa

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2019.

Swiss Bacsinszky Timea in recent days have twice upset the Russian fans. After the victory over Darya Kasatkina she defeated Natalia Vikhlyantseva, which started as a qualifier. Ninth, the former world number one from Switzerland won the match with the score 6:2, 7:5, then waited a long time for his future opponent.

That winning feeling.

Timea Bacsinszky is through to the 3R, def. Vikhlyantseva 6-2 7-5.#AusOpen#GameSetMatchpic.twitter.com/OvEUImUbL8

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2019 Seagulls

British Johanna konta and Spanish Garbinie of Wind began to sort things out at 0:30 local time, taking part in the most recent game in the history of the Open championship of Australia. The organizers thought about how to move their match to a free third court, but ran into some problems — the local gulls has led coverage in disrepair with their droppings. Clear the court for a short time was not possible, and so the girls had to wait their turn to play on the “Margaret Court Arena”.

Girls did not take the time and held a match that lasted two hours and 42 minutes. Muguruza won the first set with the score 6:4, but in the tie-break gave the following. In the final of the party all went to the fact that the rivals will once again play a shortened game, but they still decided to keep himself and the audience. The Spaniard won with the score 7:5 and at three in the morning local time was the next opponent Bacsinszky.

Magnificent Muguruza ?

At 3:12 a.m., Garbine Muguruza closes out Johanna Konta 6-4 6-7(3) 7-5 in two hours and 42 minutes to reach the third round.#AusOpenpic.twitter.com/MPD8AfqOFZ

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2019 at midnight

Another match for the midnight spent, Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga — finalists of the Australian Open 2008 finished a meeting Friday at 0:41 local time. Like 11 years ago, celebrated the victory of the Serbian tennis player.

The first racket of the world has not experienced major problems in the game with the winner of the wild card. Except that in the second set, Djokovic had to win seven games to win. He made 33 actively winning draws and 12 times filed out. On the Serbian tennis player will meet the 19-year-old canadian Denis Shapovalov, who beat in the second round of the Japanese Taro Daniel. Future opponents have made only a few of the third round, in which both have not yet given a single set in Melbourne.

That’s one way to win the set ?

A touch of brilliance from the world No.Earns 1 @DjokerNole a two sets to love lead, taking the second 7-5. #AusOpenpic.twitter.com/Juddmf8GH4

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2019 Williams

The Williams sisters are continuing on in the tournament to each other and retain a chance to meet in the fourth round. On the fourth day of the Australian open together they overcome the barrier of the second circle.

Serena Williams met with the canadian Eugenie Bouchard and extended their unbeaten streak in sets on the Austrian major to 18 points. Victory over Wimbledon finalist American spent 70 minutes and gave up just four games the opponent in every game. At the end of the match, Bouchard did not resist, out of the last 20 drawings it took only four.

A @serenawilliams victory dance ?✌on!!! #AusOpenpic.twitter.com/ndrEIv1Omp

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2019.

Older sister Venus was harder to match with Alize cornet. American lost the second set after winning the first, and the fourth time in a row they had to determine the strongest between them in the third game. But a fierce struggle on the part of the French was no more. She lost six games in a row, and Williams, the eldest has reached the third round of the Australian Open, which she always do in odd years, the last eight years.

Twirl queen!

Venus is through to the 3R, def. Cornet 6-3 4-6 6-0.#AusOpen#GameSetMatchpic.twitter.com/R39cFkH9vL

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2019 Rival

Now we can say that more Williams again expecting different matches, as the youngest of the sisters is much more lucky with the opponent. Venus will meet with the first racket of the world, Simona Halep, and Serena will play against one of the discoveries of this year’s tournament, Diana Yastremsky of the Ukraine.

Romanian tennis player not the class to beat American Sofia Kenin, who this season has managed to win two professional titles — single in Hobart and doubles in Auckland. Halep was leading with the score 6:3, 3:0, when 20-year-old athlete took delivery rivals and brought the game to a tie-break, where she prevailed. The Kenin were led in the final party with the account 4:2, and then Halep still took himself in hand and saved the session with a series of four won games in a row. Later, the Romanian admitted that he had experienced muscle pain in the legs that could be the reason why the match with the Kenin lasted so long.

The world No.1 survives!@Simona_Halep escapes the onslaught Sofia Kenin, def. the 20-year-old American 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4.
#AusOpenpic.twitter.com/9zNF6xNNf3

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2019.

18-summer inhabitant of Odessa Yastremsky did something that did not work for the American tennis player. At their second Grand slam tournament Ukrainka already reached the third round, beating a fairly known players. In the first round Yastremsky beat Samantha Stosur, and then finished with the 23rd seeded Carla Suarez Navarro. The match lasted three sets, during this time, 57-I racket of the world actively won 32 draw.

It’s Dayana’s Day!

Dayana Yastremska upsets the No.23 seed Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3 3-6 6-1 to reach the 3R in only her second Grand Slam main draw appearance.#AusOpen#GameSetMatchpic.twitter.com/c3JJerLMvH

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2019 Recognition

Elina Svitolina has taken another step towards a first title at the Grand slam tournament. Ukrainian tennis player beat Dominika Victoria Kuzmova in two sets, next opponent is seventh racket of the world became Chinese Zhang Shuai.

After the match fans Svitolina was waiting for the sudden recognition. Tennis fans have long suspected that the 24-summer inhabitant of Odessa a novel with a French player Gael the Gael. Rumors about this became even more when he came to support the girl from her command of the Lodge. Svitolina did not hide anything and stated that they were Dating. Previous cavalier tennis player was the batsman the Rice Topley, but the couple broke up due to different competition schedule.

Gael Monfils in the house for Svitolina”s match ?#AusOpenpic.twitter.com/lkBCj4hDUd

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2019 Failure

If the women’s tournament for the first time since Wimbledon 2009, the first eight rooms of sowing reached the third round, the men have one loss to that stage happened. Austrian Dominic Tim, having a seventh seeding, was unable to finish a meeting with a rising star clay courts Aleksey Paperinik. 19-year-old Australian with Russian roots instead passed on.

The winner of Junior “Roland Garros” was quite worthy of the victory. He won two sets from the Austrian and two games in the third set. At that moment, Tim decided to withdraw due to injury. Popyrin on only one home major, the first in career, won more matches than at any time in the ATP tour. However, he is not yet able to provide a hit in the first hundred of the world rankings.

? UPSET ALERT ?

?? @AlexeiPopyrin99 breaks to take a 7-5, 6-4 lead over seventh seed Dominic Thiem at the Melbourne Arena. #AusOpenpic.twitter.com/JXieNjgxNE

— ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) 17 Jan 2019

The last-place Australians serving in the main draw thanks to a wild card, pleasantly surprise his fans. The third round also made Alex Bolt, never in my 26 years of not winning on the Grand slam tournaments. After Jack sock he left not Gilles Simon, forcing the Frenchman to play hard five-set match.

Bolt got a psychological advantage when he won the fourth game on a tie-break with the score 10:8, after which it brought the case to victory. The Aussie, which is the 155-th racket of the world, has the worst ATP rankings among the 32 remaining participants AusOpen. The next opponent of the Bolt will be the fourth room of the tournament Alexander Zverev, also played a marathon match against Frenchman jérémy Chardy— 7:6 (7:5), 6:4, 5:7, 6:7 (6:8), 6:3.

?? Alexander Zverev will meet Alex Bolt for a place in the @AustralianOpen Round of 16. #AusOpen

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— ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) 17 January 2019 tie-breaks

Milos Raonic and Stan Wawrinka had an extraordinary match in the second round. The fate of each of the four sets were decided on tie-breaks. First, the success accompanied the Swiss, he won the debut game of the tournament in the first round, he did not manage to do due to the failure of Ernest Gulbis.

But then three times in a row and won Raonic, and twice he missed seven provisions for tie-break points. 8:6, 13:11, 7:5 — this was in a shortened game the score in favor of the loonie. The 16th seed played 39 aces and won three-quarters of the nearly one hundred outputs to the grid. It is noteworthy that half of the match was in the open air and half under the roof when it rained.

Indoor Raonic is doing better than in the open, and so he escaped with a few setblob Wawrinka in the third set. The match lasted 241 minutes and was the longest in his career, canadian tennis player.

MIGHTY MILOS!@milosraonic gets past a resurgent Wawrinka, 6-7(4) 7-6(6) 7-6(11) 7-6(5).#AusOpen#GameSetMatchpic.twitter.com/ybUvMh9GKR

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2019 Match

However, the most interesting match of the fourth day was played after all the other players. Kei nishikori was beaten in five sets uncompromising Ivo Karlovic, who almost battled back from 0:2 on parties.

Exemplary Japanese started the match and did not allow the opponent to hope for a break in the two sets. But then he had a little trouble with reception — when the score was 5:5 it twice in a row to lose his serve.

The fate of vouchers in the third round were decided in the fifth set and then Nishikori could be calm. In Open era he is absolutely the best tennis player wins in decisive sets in three of the four cases, the Japanese sure knew success. This time again the statistics work in his favor. He won the super-tie-break with the score 10:7.

Karlovich did not even 60 aces on their numbers Nishikori joked that he can only earn so much a year. 39-year-old Croatian tennis player could become the oldest player, last in the third round of the Australian open for the last four decades, but missed my chance.

He’s done it!!!! @keinishikori#AusOpen#GameSetMatchpic.twitter.com/o9ZBelH6A6

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2019.