Top seed Barty battles into Australian Open QF

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26 Jan 2020, 17:43 GMT+10

Melbourne - Top seed and home hope Ashleigh Barty survived a scare to battle into the Australian Open quarter-finals in three sets on Sunday.

"It was third time the charm for me last week and it was third time tonight as well," said the 23-year-old, who also needed three sets to beat Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko in the first round.

Barty, named Young Australian of the Year on Saturday, was broken by the 29-year-old Riske but wasted little time in hitting back for a 4-2 lead.

And the crowd fell quiet in the second set as Barty - who once gave up tennis for professional cricket - racked up 12 unforced errors.

Barty, unflappable in her title charge up until now, kept making errors.

There is immense pressure on Barty to become the first Australian woman since Chris O'Neil in 1978 to win their home Grand Slam.

Men's singles

Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt Diego Schwartzman (ARG x14) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

4th round

Ons Jabeur (TUN) bt Wang Qiang (CHN x27) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1

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