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Jan 24 6 tweets 5 min read
Title favourite Daniil Medvedev gets the chance to deepen his new-found love affair with #AusOpen crowd as he targets a quarter-final berth while Aryna Sabalenka will stay on course for a first major if she can get past Kaia Kanepi u.afp.com/wNLW ImageImage
Fired-up American Danielle Collins stays on track to match her 2019 Melbourne Park heroics as she battles through an epic against Elise Mertens 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in 2hr 51min to make the #AusOpen quarter-finals Image
Nick Kyrgios claims tennis has embraced Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic at the expense of other personalities in the game, and the sport is now paying for it u.afp.com/wNLR Image
Unseeded veteran Alize Cornet upsets Simona Halep at #AusOpen in brutal heat to make her first Grand Slam quarter-final on her 63rd attempt

Both players struggled as temperatures hit 33 Celsius, but it was the 32-year-old who prevailed 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 ImageImage
Daniil Medvedev loses his cool in a testy four-set battle to reach quarter-finals at #AusOpen

Medvedev sought medical timeout and had heated exchange with chair umpire before seeing out a 6-2, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (4/7), 7-5 win over Maxime Cressy ImageImage
Title favourite Daniil Medvedev is pushed to the limit by Maxime Cressy before reaching the last eight of #AusOpen, as French veteran Alize Cornet makes the quarter-finals of a Slam for the first time in her long career u.afp.com/wNaH ImageImage

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