HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Australian Open day nine

Highlights of the ninth day of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday, all times local (GMT +11): 2105 ALCARAZ STORMS PAST KECMANOVIC

World number two Carlos Alcaraz beat Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4 6-4 6-0 to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time in his career. The 20-year-old Spaniard will face German sixth seed Alexander Zverev in the last eight.

2029 ZVEREV TAKES OUT BRITISH HOPE NORRIE Sixth seed Alexander Zverev shattered British hopes by beating Cameron Norrie 7-5 3-6 6-3 4-6 7-6(3) after a four-hour battle on Margaret Court Arena.

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1805 HURKACZ ELIMINATES WILDCARD CAZAUX IN STRAIGHT SETS Ninth seed Hubert Hurkacz knocked out French wildcard Arthur Cazaux with a 7-6(6) 7-6(3) 6-4 win to advance to his first Australian Open quarter-final.

Cazaux had beaten world number eight Holger Rune in the second round. 1944 KALINSKAYA STUNS PAOLINI

Anna Kalinskaya of Russia sent Italian 26th seed Jasmine Paolini packing after sealing a 6-4 6-2 win to reach her first Australian Open quarter-final. 1753 MEDVEDEV ENDS BORGES' RUN

Third seed Daniil Medvedev ended the run of Portugal's Nuno Borges after the 2021 U.S. Open champion prevailed 6-3 7-6(4) 5-7 6-1 on Rod Laver Arena. Borges is only the second player from his country to reach the second week of a major.

1422 YASTREMSKA UPSETS AZARENKA Dayana Yastremska sent twice champion Victoria Azarenka tumbling out of the Australian Open as the 23-year-old Ukrainian prevailed 7-6(6) 6-4 to book a spot in her first Melbourne Park quarter-final.

1408 NOSKOVA INTO QUARTERS AFTER SVITOLINA RETIRES Czech teenager Linda Noskova reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final after former world number three Elina Svitolina retired due to an injury.

The Ukrainian 19th seed was trailing 3-0 in the first set and had already taken a medical timeout when she was forced to quit due to what appeared to be an issue with her lower back. 1213 - FOURTH ROUND ACTION UNDERWAY ON DAY NINE

Fourth round action got underway as scheduled at Melbourne Park when twice champion Victoria Azarenka took to Rod Laver Arena to play Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska. There were blustery conditions at Melbourne Park with the temperature a cool 19 degrees Celsius (66 fahrenheit).