What to Watch on Saturday at the Australian Open

David Ferrer is back in the round of 16 at the Australian Open for the sixth consecutive year. He’ll play countryman John Millman.

Between her casual off-court banter with reporters and her cool domination in her first two matches, Osaka has been all the rage of the Australian Open.

“I will enjoy myself first because I beat No. 3 in the world”, she said.

That’s a tall order. “But, you know, I feel like I try to smile sometimes just so I don’t throw my racquet”. I think she has a lot of potential, a lot of power. “Not let so many things bother me”.

Returning to the fourth round at Melbourne Park for the fourth straight year was a confidence booster, and he said the right wrist “actually, it was OK”.

Defending champions Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams were set to play night matches Friday.

Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic waves after defeating Garbine Muguruza of Spain in their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016.

Zhang Shuai beat Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-3 to follow up her opening upset win over No. 2-ranked Simona Halep.

A gunman opened fire at the La Loche Community School in a remote aboriginal community in Saskatchewan, and at a second location.

The 25-year-old Canadian, his voice sounding emotional at times, told the crowd: “Today, before I stepped out on court it was a hard day back home”.

Asked why she thought her matches were attracting so many fans, both Japanese and others, she replied: “Probably because they think I’m interesting maybe”.

The in-form Azarenka, who has won eight of her last ten matches, is set to power through to the fourth round of the Australian Open and continue her charge to a third title at Melbourne Park.

Sharapova hasn’t beaten Williams since 2004, losing their last 17 meetings, including last year’s Australian Open final.

Azarenka has dropped only three games and is on a seven-match winning streak, but the idea of being intimidated by her opponent’s impressive credentials was lost on Osaka, who hopes to meet the former world No. 1 on Centre Court.

Nicknamed “Vika” and renowned in the past for fiery on-court outbursts, Azarenka won the tournament in 2012 and defended the following year at what is her most successful Grand Slam.

Azarenka next faces Barbora Strycova, a straight-sets victor over the No. 3 seed, Garbine Muguruza earlier Saturday.

Azarenka next plays unseeded Czech Barbora Strycova, who earlier tore the bottom half of the draw wide open by dumping third seed Garbine Muguruza out of the tournament. Muguruza couldn’t find her form in the match, hitting 32 unforced errors to Strycova’s 16. Federer, who has won four titles in Australia among his 17 majors, enters the third-round contest with 299 wins in Grand Slam singles matches, aiming to be the first man to reach 300. No. 10-seeded John Isner, attempting to advance to the fourth round here for the first time since 2010, takes on 18th-seeded Feliciano Lopez.

Her next match is against 2015 semifinalist Ekaterina Makarova, who had a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 9 Karolina Pliskova.