Azarenka into 4th round at Australian Open

I’ve played here in Melbourne for many years.

The top-ranked Williams beat Gasparyan 6-4, 6-1 in the first round at Wimbledon previous year when the now 58th-ranked Russian was a qualifier. Medical teams were assisting with the emergency.

Isner, originally from North Carolina, is a big fan of the Carolina Panthers, the team where the so-called dab originated, courtesy of quarterback Cam Newton. Spain’s third seed Muguruza has looked in terrific form in wins over Anett Kontaveit and Belgian veteran Kirsten Flipkens, but she will need to maintain her levels to thwart Strycova, a player who is quite threarical and self-critical – win or lose. At 30-30 in the sixth game, Kasatkina’s approach shot clipped the net cord but instead of going over, it landed on her side of the court. At 40-0 down in her service game, Kasatkina saved one match point. “Vika’s, no offense, is not quite as good as his”. No. 6 Tomas Berdych plays No. 24 Roberto Bautista Agut and seventh-seeded Kei Nishikori takes on 2008 runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Eugene Lapierre, vice-president of Tennis Canada, said on Wednesday that Bouchard’s desire for competitive matches and a light schedule should make it attractive for the Westmount, Que., native to play in the World Group II tie February 6-7 at Laval University.

Johanna Konta will aim to become the first British woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final since 1984 when she takes on Ekaterina Makarova at the Australian Open on Monday.

And she’s not coming back. She was fearless. She’s obviously made leaps and bounds since then, gained a lot of confidence.

That’s a tall order. “So I thought, it would be really fun to play in one”, she said. “But it’s just making sure that I stick to my priorities and know what’s important to me and how I want to live my daily life”.

Roger Federer has recorded his 300th grand slam match win to safely advance to the 4th round at the Australian Open.

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

World number five Sharapova battled past petite Lauren Davis and into the fourth round.

Kerber could meet two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals.

All but two of the 16 third-round men’s and women’s singles matches were scheduled Friday at the three stadiums which have roofs.

A gunman opened fire at the La Loche Community School in a remote aboriginal community in Saskatchewan, and at a second location. “From my perspective you don’t really try to pay attention to those sorts of things, because they are not really productive to me staying in the present and me just trying to take care of things my end”, Konta said. I’ve been on tour for a long time. “I didn’t know, I guess that shows you”, Konta said. The Russian managed to save two break points, with help from Williams who hit a couple of backhand shots into the net.

Konta competed under the Australian flag at grand slam tournaments as a junior, including the 2005 Australian Open.

Victoria Azarenka has cruised into the fourth round with another quick victory, dispatching Japanese qualifier Naomi Osaka 6-1, 6-1 in 56 minutes. She says, “I usually put the almond butter on the banana, but I thought that was a little too much this time”.