Nadal and 4 other top 10 men in the round of XNUMX

This means that the 5 top 10 men who were in action are through. Nadal also impressed against his Spanish compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta 6:1,6:2,6:4 and continued to stay without losing a set.

The 19-time Grand Slam winner will play on Monday against Australian Nick Kyrgios, who eliminated Russia's Karen Khachanow in a five-set tiebreaker. Nadal is going for his 5th major title in Melbourne, which would see him catch up with record holder Roger Federer. However, the Mallorcan has only triumphed once (20) in Melbourne. “That was without a doubt my best match in the tournament so far,” said a happy Nadal. “I’m improving day by day, so I’m super happy.” This means that the “big three” have reached the round of 16 of the first major; previously, defending champion Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer had also advanced to the round of the last XNUMX.

Zverev convinced Alexander Zverev, who had already been written off before the tournament due to a poor season star, also presented himself strongly. The number 7 in the tournament safely defeated the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6:2,6:2,6:4, only having a small snag in the third set at 3:2. “That was my best match so far. “I’m very happy with how I played,” said Zverev.

Alexander Zverev has not yet made a sentence © APA/afp / DAVID GRAY

The German now meets Andrej Rublev. The Russian beat number 11 seeded Belgian David Goffin after a fight with 2:6,7:6(3),6:4,7:6(4). “Stan the man”, Stan Wawrinka, also came further. The Swiss, who triumphed in Melbourne in 2014, benefited from the surrender of the American John Isner with a score of 6:1,4:1.

Wawrinka will now face perhaps the most dangerous challenger of the “big three”, Daniil Medvedev, in a round of 4 hit. The Russian, seeded number 6, clearly got rid of the Australian Alex Popyrin 4,6:3,6:2:XNUMX. The death of favorites among women continues While the men's favorites from the top 10 advanced on the 6th matchday of the major worth 44,01 million euros, the women's exodus of the top 10 players continued on Saturday: With Karolina Pliskova (CZE), Elina Switolina (UKR) and Belinda Bencic (SUI) said goodbye to the tournament's numbers 2, 5 and 6 without winning a set. The previous day, the Japanese defending champion Naomi Osaka (3), US superstar Serena Williams (8) and her compatriot Madison Keys (10) were eliminated.

Switolina had to bow to the resurgent, 2-time Grand Slam winner Garbine Muguruza from Spain with 1:6,2:6. From the round of 6, the top seeded Australian Ashleigh Barty and the Romanian Simona Halep, who defeated Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 1,6:4:4 on Saturday, are the favorites. Halep is number XNUMX in the tournament.

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Nadal and 4 other top 10 men in the round of XNUMX

Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev, Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev and Gael Monfils as well as Stan Wawrinka almost without a fight all reached the round of 16 of the Australian Open on Saturday.

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