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
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
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
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
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
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
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#UPDATE Stephen Breyer, one of three liberal justices on the US Supreme Court, plans to retire, paving the way for President Joe Biden to name a replacement to the nation's highest court u.afp.com/wxYn by @Cplantive and @dclefkow
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Danielle Collins sweeps into the last four of #AusOpen to match her feat from 2019 and shatter Alize Cornet's dream of making a first Grand Slam semi-final, after an intense 7-5, 6-1 clash in sweltering temperatures
Iga Swiatek comes from a set down to make her maiden #AusOpen semi-final, battling past gutsy veteran Kaia Kanepi 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 to set a last-four clash with Danielle Collins
Danielle Collins and Iga Swiatek will meet in #AusOpen semi-finals after vastly contrasting wins
Collins sweeps past Alize Cornet in just 88 minutes, but Swiatek has to fight back from a set down and a break down against Kaia Kanepi u.afp.com/wx5x
Moscow has accused the United States of ratcheting up tensions over Ukraine after Washington put several thousand troops on alert for possible deployment to boost NATO u.afp.com/wxkG
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