Some of the high seeds of the Australian Open are out of the running, but nobody huge suffered an upset on Day 5 of the tournament. The matches, played on Thursday evening and Friday morning in the United States and throughout the day in Melbourne on Friday, included top seeds Angelique Kerber and Andy Murray, both of whom made it through without issue.
2017 Australian Open results and bracket: Andy Murray, Angelique Kerber into 4th round
Murray and Kerber are the top seeds at the Australian Open and both made it through the third round.
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Kerber was taking on Kristyna Pliskova, and made short work of her, winning, 6-0, 6-4. Murray took on American Sam Querrey, and bested him in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Querrey was the 31st seed in the tournament.
The highest seed to fall on the day, at the time of writing, was women’s No. 11 seed Elina Svitolina. She fell to No. 24 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who needed three sets but ultimately won, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
Men’s fourth seed Stan Wawrinka was pushed to four sets in his match against No. 29 Viktor Troicki, but ultimately won, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(7). Another American, this one No. 23 seed Jack Sock, fell on the day to No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsongaerecore, 7-6(4), 7-5, 6-7(8), 6-3.
The biggest win of the day came when No. 17 seed Roger Federer cruised to victory against Tomas Berdych, the 10th seed. Federer is seeded so low after struggling with injuries throughout the 2016 campaign.
But Berdych was no match for Federer, who advances to the Round of 16 along with Murray, Wawrinka, and Tsonga. Kei Nishikori, the fifth seed, was another player through to the fourth round after making a straight-set victory.
Below is the full list of results for singles matches involving seeded competition from the day.
Men’s Singles
No. 1 Andy Murray def. No. 31 Sam Querrey, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 Stan Wawrinka def. No. 29 Viktor Troicki, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(7)
No. 5 Kei Nishikori def. Lukas Lacko, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
No. 17 Roger Federer def. No. 10 Tomas Berdych, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. No. 23 Jack Sock, 7-6(4), 7-5, 6-7(8), 6-3
Daniel Evans def. No. 27 Bernard Tomic, 7-5, 7-6(2), 7-6(3)
Women’s Singles
No. 1 Angelique Kerber def. Kristyna Pliskova, 6-0, 6-4
No. 7 Garbine Muguruza def. No. 32 Anastasija Sevastova, 6-4, 6-2
No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Jelena Jankovic, 6-4, 5-7, 9-7
No. 24 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. No. 11 Elina Svitolina, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
No. 13 Venus Williams def. Ying-Ying Duan, 6-1, 6-0
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