Sunday in Australia saw two of the big favourites in the men’s draw progress, but it was far from straightforward for one. Roger Federer had to battle back from a set down to edge out Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics. Setting him up with a clash against world No.100 Tennys Sandgren. Meanwhile, defending champion Novak Djokovic is rapidly gaining in momentum following his triumph over Diego Schwartzman.

In the women’s draw, Ash Barty has given herself a shot of revenge after setting up a quarter-final meeting with Petra Kvitova. The same player who beat her in the last eight of the tournament 12 months ago.

The fifth day of the Australian Open saw chaos unfold as Serena Williams, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Naomi Osaka crash out in Melbourne. There was also a big scare for Roger Federer against John Millman and Caroline Wozniacki’s career came to an end. Ubaldo Scanagatta analyses day five in the Australian Open in full. 

The fourth day of the Australian Open saw few surprises. Both Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer progressed to the third round with straight sets victories. Nick Kyrgios was in solid form during his triumph over Gilles Simon. As for the women’s draw, Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova experienced little difficult during their second round matches.