HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Australian Open day seven
Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut kept his composure in a tense five-set encounter to knock out 2018 runner-up Marin Cilic 6-7(6) 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4 and reach his maiden Grand Slam quarter-final. It was Bautista Agut's third five-set victory at Melbourne Park this week.
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Unseeded American Collins hammers Kerber to reach quarters Kvitova back in the Grand Slam big time
Australia's Barty living in the moment as nation's hopes surge Serena consoles Ukrainian teen after sailing into last 16
Agitated Djokovic regains calm to see off Shapovalov challenge Top seed Halep marches on with clinical win over Venus
Osaka survives Hsieh scare to reach fourth round World number one Halep geared up for best player Serena
Zverev cruises past Bolt to move into fourth round Australian Open order of play on Monday
0635 NADAL CRUISES INTO QUARTERS Second seed Rafa Nadal produced a dominant display to beat Czech Tomas Berdych 6-0 6-1 7-6(4) in just over two hours on Rod Laver Arena.
Nadal will next face American Frances Tiafoe. 0600 TIAFOE POWERS PAST DIMITROV ON 21ST BIRTHDAY
American power-hitter Frances Tiafoe celebrated his 21st birthday by reaching his first Grand Slam quarter-final, beating 20th seed Grigor Dimitrov 7-5 7-6(6) 6-7(1) 7-5. "I told my parents 10 years ago that I was going to do this, I was going to change their lives and my life," said an emotional Tiafoe. "Now I'm in the quarters of a slam at 21. I can't believe it, man."
0515 UNSEEDED COLLINS STUNS KERBER Unseeded American Danielle Collins earned the biggest win of her career, beating second seed and 2016 champion Angelique Kerber 6-0 6-2 to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final.
0405 BARTY CONTINUES DREAM RUN Australian number one Ashleigh Barty rode a wave of crowd support to edge former world number one Maria Sharapova 4-6 6-1 6-4 in Rod Laver Arena in a tense fourth-round clash.
Barty, bidding to become the first home winner of the Australian Open since Chris O'Neil in 1978, will face twice Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova in her first Grand Slam quarter-final. 0130 KVITOVA STORMS INTO QUARTERS
Eighth seed Petra Kvitova reached her first Australian Open quarter-final since 2012 after a commanding win over American youngster Amanda Anisimova. The Czech struck 18 winners to win 6-2 6-1 in just 59 minutes. (Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru; editing by Clare Fallon)
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