HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Day six at the Australian Open

Highlights of the sixth day at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Saturday (times AEDT; GMT+11): 1427 KONTAVEIT SWATS ASIDE BENCIC

Estonia's Anett Kontaveit thrashed Swiss sixth seed Belinda Bencic 6-0 6-1, as the seeds continue to tumble. Kontaveit, who won the first nine games before Bencic got on the board, took just 49 minutes to advance. "I felt so good today. It felt like everything I did went well so I'm happy with that performance. I served quite well and I was aggressive and I was doing the things I wanted to do really well," Kontaveit said in a courtside interview.

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1341 PAVLYUCHENKOVA PIPS PLISKOVA Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova stunned Czech second seed Karolina Pliskova 7-6(4) 7-6(3) in an encounter between two former Australian Open junior champions. The 30th seed takes on Angelique Kerber in the next round.

1323 KERBER SEES OFF GIORGI TO REACH FOURTH ROUND German Angelique Kerber, seeded 17th, defeated Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3 to improve her head-to-head record against the Italian to 5-0.

Giorgi struck an impressive 49 winners to Kerber's 15 but the 28-year-old was undone by 65 unforced errors. 1100 PLISKOVA ON COURT LOOKING TO AVOID UPSET

Second seed Karolina Pliskova gets play underway on Rod Laver Arena hoping she does not follow Serena Williams and last year's champion Naomi Osaka out of the tournament after they were both upset in their third-round matches on Friday. The Czech faces 30th-seeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first match on the main show court while three-times Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber opens play on Margaret Court Arena against Italy's Camila Giorgi.

There should be no disruptions to play with no chance of rain and only a moderate-high of 26 Celsius (78.8 Fahrenheit) expected.