The latest three days at the Australia Open 2024 were on fire as the tournament witnessed various surprises.
On Wednesday, Novak Djokovic hadn't an easy start for his title defense campaign.
The 10-time Australian Open winner was pushed to a fourth set for the second straight round inside Rod Laver Arena.
The women's singles draw saw the competitions of Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff who are on the top of the WTA rankings.
The surprise of the tournament came as two of the top 10 players Ons Jabeur and Maria Sakkari were eliminated.
However, Thursday was one of the most chaotic, memorable days in recent Australian Open history.
The day witnessed several upsets, coming at the top Anna Blinkova's upset of Elena Rybakina.
Blinkova won a 42-game third-set tiebreak, which is a new Grand Slam record, to eliminate the 2022 Wimbledon winner.
Another top-five seed, Jessica Pegula was eliminated as well.
No.1 seed Iga Swiatek survived in her game against Danielle Collins.
No. 8 seed Holger Rune was upset, while Hubert Hurkacz, Daniil Medvedev, Casper Ruud and Alexander Zverev had five-set matches.
Medvedev's five-set battle with Emil Ruusuvuori was concluded at 3:40 am local time.
For Friday, Djokovic, Jannik Sinner, Andrey Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsipas were qualified for the next round.
Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff continued their impressive work at the tournament, so, this means that they could face each other at the semi-final.
The results of Friday are as follows:
Men's Singles
No. 1 Novak Djokovic def. No. 30 Tomas Etcheverry, 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
No. 4 Jannik Sinner def. No. 26 Sebastian Baez, 6-0, 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 Andrey Rublev def. No. 29 Sebastian Korda, 6-2, 7-6 (6), 6-4
No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas def. Luca Van Assche, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4
No. 10 Alex De Minaur def. Flavio Cobolli, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
No. 12 Taylor Fritz def. Fabian Marozsan, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
No. 15 Karen Khachanov def. Tomas Machac, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 7-6 (5)
No. 20 Adrian Mannarino def. No. 16 Ben Shelton, 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4
Women's Singles
No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka def. No. 28 Lesia Tsurenko, 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 Coco Gauff def. Alycia Parks, 6-0, 6-2
No. 9 Barbora Krejcikova def. Storm Hunter, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
Maria Timofeeva def. No. 10 Beatriz Haddad Maia, 7-6 (7), 6-3
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