Aussie Gavrilova into Open fourth round

Australian star Daria Gavrilova has claimed a hard-fought win over Swiss 12th seed Timea Bacsinszky to book her spot in the final 16 at the Australian Open.

Gavrilova, the last Australian standing at Melbourne Park, squandered two match points in the deciding set but regrouped to claim a 6-3 5-7 6-4 victory on Saturday night.

The feisty 22-year-old will face a tough fourth-round opponent in Czech fifth seed Karolina Pliskova, who came back from 5-2 down in the third set to defeat Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 4-6 6-4 10-8.

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