In Melbourne, the day so far at the Australian Open has been dominated by the favorites, with only Swiss Belinda Bencic offering stronger resistance to American Coco Gauff - 5:7, 6:2, 6:1.
The world's number one player, the defending Belarusian champion Arina Sabaljenka, easily defeated Russian teenager Mira Andreeva - 6:1, 6:2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
The Croatian's difficult and lengthy previous matches helped Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenko defeat Dona Vekić from Osijek - 7:6, 6:0.
Olga Danilović was unable to pull off another surprise either, as Spaniard Paula Badosa won in straight sets - 6:1, 7:6.
And 12th seed American Tommy Paul defeated Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina in straight sets - 6:1, 6:1, 6:1, to advance to the quarterfinals.
Third favorite Carlos Alcaraz is also in the mix. The Spaniard was defeated by Britain's Jack Draper after the second set - 7:5, 6:1.
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