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Alexander Zverev Zooms Into Australian Open Fourth Round

Second seed Alexander Zverev accelerated his march through the Australian Open on Friday with a straight-sets takedown of Briton Jacob Fearnley in the third round. The 27-year-old German put his foot to the floor on Margaret Court Arena to sweep past his 92nd-ranked opponent 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in 2hrs 2mins. His reward is a clash against the winner of an all-French showdown between Ugo Humbert and Arthur Fils for a place in the quarter-finals. Victory was Zverev's 28th Australian Open win, putting him just one behind Boris Becker for the most by a German player.

Carlos Alcaraz Vows To Get Kangaroo Tattoo To Go With Maiden Melbourne Crown

Carlos Alcaraz plans to get a kangaroo tattoo should he win the Australian Open for the first time as he muscled into the Melbourne last 16 on Friday. The 21-year-old third seed dropped a set but was a class above Portugal's Nuno Borges on Rod Laver Arena, dumping him out 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2. It was the Spaniard's first time on centre court this year after being shunted to neighbouring Margaret Court Arena for his opening two matches. With the sun shining, he revelled in the atmosphere, rattling off 54 winners and nine aces, dominating from the baseline.

Rohan Bopanna, Shuai Zhang Advance Into Mixed Doubles Round Two Of Australian Open

Indian ace Rohan Bopanna and his Chinese partner Shuai Zhang advanced to the second round of the Australian Open mixed doubles with a commanding 6-4, 6-4 victory over Ivan Dodig and Kristina Mladenovic in Melbourne on Friday. Aiming to recover from an early exit in the men's doubles, the former world No. 1 Indian showed his mettle alongside Zhang, delivering a clinical performance to close our the match in one hour and 12 minutes. Bopanna and Zhang will face the winners of the match between fourth seeded pair of American Taylor Townsend and Hugo Nys of Monegasque and wild card Australian duo of Maddison Inglis and Jason Kuber in the pre-quarterfinals.

Don't beat me, Alcaraz advises breakout teen trio

MELBOURNE : Carlos Alcaraz said he thought the trio of teenagers who have lit up the first week of the Australian Open have the skills to play the game at the top level, but stopped short of offering them advice barring not to beat him. American 19-year-old Learner Tien stunned fifth seed Daniil Medvedev in the early hours of Friday morning, while 18-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca and 19-year-old Czech Jakub Mensik also made their mark by ousting top-10 seeds.