Federer overcomes Dimitrov to claim 300th Grand Slam win

But on Friday, after chalking up 300th Grand Slam match wins, Roger Federer surprisingly admitted that he is not immune to fatigue.

Kei Nishikori (7), Japan, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (26), Spain, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Grigor gave Roger everything he could handle through the first 2 sets, but Roger cruised through the final two sets to advance to another round of 16.

Lauren Davis was a little hungry after edging Maria Sharapova in a tight, second-set tiebreaker on Rod Laver Arena, so she chose to have a little snack in her courtside chair.

“I’ve had days, not just in slams, but in any tournaments, where I felt great, practised really well, and then gone on the court and felt frightful”.

Djokovic admitted that the expectations have gone through the roof after 2015, a year in which only defeat by Stan Wawrinka in the final of the French Open stopped him from winning all four grand slams.

After breezing through the first set, Djokovic had to fight in the second and saved two set points in the third before claiming a 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 victory to set up a meeting with Frenchman Gilles Simon.

Roberta Vinci, who ended Williams’ bid for a calendar-year Grand Slam in 2015 with a shocking semifinal win at the U.S. Open, lost 0-6, 6-4, 6-4 to Anna-Lena Friedsam.

Top-ranked Williams is still in contention in Melbourne, set to play her third-round match later Friday against Daria Kasatkina of Russian Federation.

“Today, before I stepped out on court it was a hard day back home, ” Raonic said, his voice sounding emotional at times. “That’s what I play for”.

This story has been corrected to show the score in the last set of the Sharapova-Davis match was 6-0.

The big-serving Croat making 55 unforced errors as he was dumped out by 24th seed Roberto Bautista-Agut in straight sets.

Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka walked onto Rod Laver Arena knowing that the No. 2- and No. 3-ranked players were already out of the tournament and that the draw appeared to be opening up in her favor. Predictably, that set Djokovic off on one of his tirades, as he started muttering furiously to himself after every shot he missed. He made up for lost time quickly but he said players coming through now have it tough. He is looking to become only the third man to win five Australian Open singles titles after Roy Emerson (six) and Novak Djokovic (five), having won the title in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2010.

Rain has delayed the start of play Friday on outdoor courts at the Australian Open.

Federer, however, raised an equipment, before rushing away to set up a conflict with another small weapon in seed David Goffin taming a forehand.

Their head-to-head record at the end of the twilight match stood at 5-0 in Federer’s favour, however, and Dimitrov exits Melbourne Park still very much stuck in the Swiss’s long shadow.

Berdych next plays Roberto Bautista Agut, whose three-set win over the former US Open champion Marin Cilic, seeded 12, was a mild surprise more than a shock.