Images from all the action on Day 5 of the Australian Open
World number one and reigning champion Angelique Kerber wasted no time in racing into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Kristyna Pliskova on Rod Laver Arena on Friday.
The 29-year-old German served poorly in the first set and had a minor wobble in the second but recovered her composure to progress comfortably to a meeting with American Coco Vandeweghe.
Pliskova, the lefthanded twin of US Open finalist Karolina, finally got on the scoreboard when she held serve in the ninth game of the contest and immediately broke when Kerber badly miscued a backhand at the net.
With men's champion Novak Djokovic having been knocked out in the second round on the same court a few hours earlier, Kerber will be delighted that she recovered to win in two sets after being taken to three in her first two matches.
Wawrinka overcomes Troicki to move into fourth round
Fourth seed Stan Wawrinka overcame a rusty start to advance to the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(7) victory over Serbia's Viktor Troicki on Friday.
Wawrinka will now meet Andreas Seppi in the fourth round after the Italian beat Belgium's Steve Darcis 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(1), 7-6(2) in their third round match on Show Court 3.
The 2014 Australian Open champion was broken three times by the 29th-seeded Serb in the first set in their clash on Rod Laver Arena and committed twice as many (14) unforced errors as the 30-year-old from Belgrade.
Wawrinka, however, finally settled and while Troicki broke when the Swiss was serving for the match at 5-4 and 6-5 in the fourth set then saved a match point in the tiebreak, the US Open champion finally clinched victory in two hours, 32 minutes.
Murray eases past American Querrey
World No 1 Andy Murray cruised past American Sam Querrey to reach his 9th straight Australian Open 4th round on Friday.
Top seeded Murray beat Querrey 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 at a packed Hisense Arena.
Seeking his maiden title in Melbourne after five losses in the final, Murray was made to work hard to close out victory in the third set against the man who eliminated Novak Djokovic from the third round at Wimbledon last year.
But the Scot captured the decisive break in the ninth game with some brilliant court movement and wrapped up the match with a big serve to set up a clash against German Mischa Zverev.
Britain's battler Evans downs local Tomic to reach last 16
Dan Evans continued his fairytale run at Melbourne Park by downing local world number 27 Bernard Tomic 7-5, 7-6(2), 7-6(3) on Friday to give Britain two men in the last 16 of the Australian Open for the first time in 16 years.
The 26-year-old, who upset seventh seed Marin Cilic in the second round, prevailed at the end of a thrilling two-hour 48-minute battle in a highly-charged atmosphere on Hisense Arena to end Australia's interest in the men's singles draw.
Evans refused to play on and insisted the stadium roof be closed when rain started falling on the court late in the third set but recovered his composure to win the tiebreak and set up a meeting with France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
World number one Andy Murray's 6-4 6-2 6-4 win over Sam Querrey preceded Evans's match on the same court, ensuring a double British presence in the fourth round for the first time since Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski in 2001.
Vandeweghe rallies in decider to bundle out Bouchard
Coco Vandeweghe rallied from a break down in the deciding set to sweep past Eugenie Bouchard 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 on Friday, setting up a potential fourth round clash against defending champion and world number one Angelique Kerber.
The 26-year-old American, who had never advanced beyond the third round at MelbournePark before, dominated on serve and needed just the one break opportunity to clinch the first set.
Bouchard, who reached the semi-finals at MelbournePark three years ago but has seen her ranking tumble after injury and poor form, fought back with a break in the second game of the second set to ensure the match went into a decider.
The Canadian seized an early advantage in the third but the American broke back in the eighth game, staved off four break points in the next and then clinched victory in two hours, 21 minutes with a backhand winner to set up a clash against either Kerber or Kristyna Pliskova.
