Nadal will now meet either Karen Khachanov or Nick Kyrgios while Halep will play Belgium's Elise Mertens. FMTNews AustralianOpen RafaelNadal SimonaHalep
Simona Halep celebrates after defeating Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia.
Pliskova and Osaka’s exits mean two of the top three women’s seeds are out of the running, clearing obstacles for the likes of Halep and 2016 winner Angelique Kerber. Nadal took the court against fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta after staying up to watch Roger Federer’s late-night thriller with John Millman, which went to a fifth-set tie-breaker.But he showed no signs of tiredness, racing through 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in just 1hr 38mins in what he called his “best match of the tournament so far, without a doubt”.
Halep put away Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva 6-1, 6-4 to reach the last 16, where she will play Belgium’s Elise Mertens, who won in three sets against CiCi Bellis – ending the American’s Grand Slam return from long-term injury.
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