HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Australian Open day seven
Two-time defending champion Roger Federer suffered a shock defeat by 20-year-old Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the fourth round in Rod Laver Arena. "I'm the happiest man on Earth right now," Tsitsipas, who won 6-7(11) 7-6(3) 7-5 7-6(5), said at courtside.
"Roger is a legend of our sport he showed such good tennis over the years. It was very important to have an aggressive mindset. "I've been idolising Roger since the age of six. Winning on Rod Laver Arena... I cannot even describe it."
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Barty reaches Melbourne quarters with win over Sharapova 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 1020 BAUTISTA AGUT DOWNS CILIC IN FIVE-SET THRILLER
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.
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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