MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Highlights of the fifth day of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Friday, all times local (GMT +11):
1116 PLAY UNDERWAY AT MELBOURNE PARK
Third-round action began as scheduled on a sunny fifth day at the year’s first Grand Slam, after heat and rain delays had caused havoc with the schedule earlier in the week.
The weather forecast looks good, with a high of 23 degrees Celsius (73.4 degrees Fahrenheit).
Czech 20th seed Barbora Krejcikova, the 2021 French Open champion, began proceedings on Rod Laver Arena against Anhelina Kalinina before Stefanos Tsitsipas and Coco Gauff play their matches on the main show court.
Daniil Medvedev, Iga Swiatek and Maria Sakkari are all in action later in the day.
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Order of play on Friday
‘Worried’ Djokovic through as second seeds Ruud, Jabeur bow out
Man on a mission, Djokovic comes through Couacaud test
Djokovic adopts ‘day-by-day’ approach to deal with hamstring problem
Murray grinds down Kokkinakis in late-night-epic
Victorious Murray says 4am finishes are farcical
Exhausted Murray has energy to blast officials after late night finish
Second seed Jabeur sent packing by Vondrousova in second round
Bencic unfazed by Australian Open hype
American Mmoh in dreamland after lucky break
Zverev fulfils low expectations with second-round exit
Bird takes aim at Zverev on messy day for German
Brooksby delivers Ruud shock to send second seed crashing
Ruud defends warm-up tour with Nadal after early Australian Open exit
Nadal sidelined for 6-8 weeks with hip flexor injury
American Volynets derives strength from family in Ukraine
Chardy drops the ball and fumes at chair umpire during defeat
Tiafoe’s eye-catching Nike outfit not one for Britain’s Evans
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Melbourne; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
