The top seeds were beaten by Bob Bryan and Lindsay Davenport in the mixed doubles quarter-finals at Wimbledon.
The Australian Open offers wildcard spots for eight men and eight women for the Jan. 15-28 tournament at Melbourne Park.
The Spanish teenager reached the second round of the Estoril Open even as second seed Nicolas Massu of Chile bowed out.
Lleyton Hewitt beat Slovakia's Karol Kucera to bring Australia level in their Hopman Cup tie.
The world number two was forced to hobble away from her Hopman Cup match against Alicia Molik.
Australia's Sam Stosur has split with her long-time coach David Taylor, the former U.S. Open champion said on Saturday.
Barty had some trouble in the first set against the two-time Australian Open champion and saved three break points at 5-5 to go on to win 7-6(2), 6-3 and level the tie at 1-1.
hampion Rafael Nadal and top-ranked Novak Djokovic turned in impressive displays to reach the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals on Thursday. Nadal, chasing a record-extending 12th Monte Carlo title, broke Grigor Dimitrov's serve on four occasions to defeat the Bulgarian 6-4 6-1.
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