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MELBOURNE, Australia – On the men’s side, Andrey Rublev v Holger Rune looked like it could be the winner of the day. It wasn’t the best tennis we’ve ever seen, but you couldn’t beat it for drama and suspense.

On the women’s side, contenders Aryna Sabalenka and Caroline Garcia had their challenges.

And Garcia is out, at the hands of the handy but unseeded Magda Linette.

Later on, Djokovic put an absolute beatdown on poor Alex de Minaur.

Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of Eastern time.

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan 16 – 29, 2023
Draw size: S128 / D64 / XD32

Monday, Jan. 23, 2023
Final results

Men’s singles, fourth round

Tommy Paul (USA) def [24] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 62 46 62 75

[4] Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. [22] Alex de Minaur (AUS) 62 61 62
[5] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def. [9] Holger Rune (RUS) 63 36 63 46 76 [11-9]

Ben Shelton (USA) def. J.J. Wolf (USA) 67 (5) 62 67 (4) 76 (4) 62

Women’s singles, fourth round

Magda Linette (POL) def [4] Caroline Garcia (FRA) 76 (3) 64
[30] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def [23] Zhang Shuai (CHN)60 64

[5] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def. [12] Belinda Bencic (SUI) 75 62

Donna Vekic (CRO) def. Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 62 16 63

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