Tennis-Australian Open day eight

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Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 21, 2024 Coco Gauff of the U.S. in action during her fourth round match against Poland’s Magdalena Frech REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Highlights of the eighth day of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Sunday, all times local (GMT +11):

tennis-australian open day eight

Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 21, 2024 Poland’s Magdalena Frech in action during her fourth round match against Coco Gauff of the U.S. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

1318 GAUFF CRUISES PAST FRECH

U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff made light work of Pole Magdalena Frech to seal a 6-1 6-2 victory on Rod Laver Arena.

This is the first time the 19-year-old Gauff, the fourth seed, has made it past the fourth round at Melbourne Park.

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1215 PLAY BEGINS AT MELBOURNE PARK

Coco Gauff and Magdalena Frech kicked off their fourth round clash at Rod Laver Arena. The temperature was hovering around 21 degrees Celsius (70 Fahrenheit) with a slight chance of rain later in the day.

(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Melbourne and Pearl Josephine Nazare; Editing by William Mallard, Peter Rutherford)

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