HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Australian Open day four
1455 LOPEZ GRINDS DOWN SONEGO Spain's Feliciano Lopez, playing in his 75th consecutive Grand Slam, rallied from two sets down to beat Italy's 31st seed Lorenzo Sonego 5-7 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-4 in three hours and 18 minutes on Court 7.
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Highlights of day four of the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park on Thursday. Times local (GMT +11): 1515 KENIN CRASHES OUT
Defending champion Sofia Kenin slumped to a shock 6-3 6-2 defeat by world number 65 Kaia Kanepi on Margaret Court Arena. 1515 KHACHANOV MARCHES INTO THIRD ROUND
Russia's Karen Khachanov, seeded 19th, eased into the third round with a 6-2 6-4 6-4 victory over Lithuania's Ricardas Berankis. 1455 LOPEZ GRINDS DOWN SONEGO
Spain's Feliciano Lopez, playing in his 75th consecutive Grand Slam, rallied from two sets down to beat Italy's 31st seed Lorenzo Sonego 5-7 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-4 in three hours and 18 minutes on Court 7. READ MORE:
Australian Open champion Kenin crashes out in second round Barty wobbles before winning all-Australia clash
Giantkiller Hsieh savouring happy hunting ground Americans Gauff, Mmoh plot second-round upsets in Melbourne
Australian Open order of play on Thursday Djokovic passes Tiafoe test at Rod Laver Arena 'living room'
Tennis-Osaka turns nightmare into a dream to reach third round Serena trying not to overthink things at Melbourne Park
Kyrgios raises the roof with epic comeback in Melbourne Thiem time at Melbourne Park as third seed eases through
Don't mention a woman's age in public, says victorious Hsieh Tomic bows out in wonder at player he might have been
Death knell sounded for Grand Slam line judges at Australian Open Zverev cruises past American qualifier Cressy into third round
Second seed Halep survives huge scare to advance Andreescu looks ahead with hope after Australian Open exit
Venus makes painful exit from Australian Open after rolling ankle Wawrinka falls to fearless Fucsovics in five-set thriller
1435 BARTY POWERS PAST GAVRILOVA Top seed Ash Barty fired down seven aces and racked up 20 winners in a 6-1 7-6(7) victory over fellow Australian Daria Gavrilova.
1425 RUBLEV RACES INTO THIRD ROUND Russia's seventh seed Andrey Rublev extended his winning run to six matches in 2021 with a comfortable 6-4 6-4 7-6(8) victory over Brazil's Thiago Monteiro.
1355 BENCIC PASSES KUZNETSOVA TEST Switzerland's 11th seed Belinda Bencic needed five match points to put away two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5 2-6 6-4.
1240 PLISKOVA SAILS PAST COLLINS Sixth seed Karolina Pliskova, who reached the semi-finals at Melbourne Park two years ago, booked a place in the third round with a 7-5 6-2 victory over American Danielle Collins.
1107 PLAY GETS UNDERWAY Play began on a hot and gusty morning at Melbourne Park with the temperature pushing 30 degrees Celsius.
Authorities reported no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the state of Victoria on Thursday.
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