January 21, 2023

Murray finally falls, Novak limps on, Linette springs an upset and a Sunday preview - Australian Open diary

21 minutes

On a day when Andy Murray was finally put away by the Spanish wall and Novak Djokovic limped his way into the fourth round, James Gray of inews.co.uk and the i newspaper gives you the lowdown from Down Under.

Murray had a debt of lactic and energy to pay after his late-night finish against Thanasi Kokkinakis and the interest rate was too high as he was beaten 6-1 6-7(7) 6-3 6-4 by Roberto Bautista Agut.

Djokovic's hamstring has been troubling him all week but one leg was enough to beat Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets

Magda Linette sprang an upset to beat Ekaterina Alexandrova

Caroline Garcia is a dangerous No 4 seed and overcame a scare to beat Laura Siegmund

SUNDAY'S ORDER OF PLAY

(All times GMT)

Rod Laver Arena

Doubles match

Not before 1.30am: Iga Swiatek (1) vs Elena Rybakina (22)

Hubert Hurkacz (10) vs Sebastian Korda (29)

8am: Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) vs Jannik Sinner (15)

Victoria Azarenka vs Zhu Lin

Margaret Court Arena

Doubles match

Not before 2am: Jelena Ostapenko (17) vs Coco Gauff (7)

Not before 4.30am: Jiri Lehecka vs Felix Auger-Aliassime (6)

John Cain Arena

Doubles match

Not before 3.30am: Yoshihito Nishioka (31) vs Karen Khachanov (18)

Not before 6am: Jessica Pegula (3) vs Barbora Krejcikova (20)

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January 21, 2023

Murray finally falls, Novak limps on, Linette springs an upset and a Sunday preview - Australian Open diary

21 minutes

Murray had a debt of lactic and energy to pay after his late-night finish against Thanasi Kokkinakis and the interest rate was too high as he was beaten 6-1 6-7(7) 6-3 6-4 by Roberto Bautista Agut.

Djokovic's hamstring has been troubling him all week but one leg was enough to beat Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets

Magda Linette sprang an upset to beat Ekaterina Alexandrova

Caroline Garcia is a dangerous No 4 seed and overcame a scare to beat Laura Siegmund

SUNDAY'S ORDER OF PLAY

(All times GMT)

Rod Laver Arena

Doubles match

Not before 1.30am: Iga Swiatek (1) vs Elena Rybakina (22)

Hubert Hurkacz (10) vs Sebastian Korda (29)

8am: Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) vs Jannik Sinner (15)

Victoria Azarenka vs Zhu Lin

Margaret Court Arena