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No. 3 Alexander Zverev def. Radu Albot, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 Rafael Nadal def. No. 28 Karen Khachanov, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
No. 7 Matteo Berrettini def. No. 31 Carlos Alcaraz, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (5)
No. 14 Denis Shapovalov def. No. 23 Reilly Opelka, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 17 Gael Monfils def. No. 16 Cristian Garin, 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-3
No. 19 Pablo Carreno Busta def. Sebastian Korda, 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-3
Miomir Kecmanovic def. No. 25 Lorenzo Sonego, 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-5
Alexander Zverev and Rafael Nadal are one win each away from facing off in the final eight.
Zverev cruised to his third win in Australia by defeating Romanian qualifier Radu Albot in straight sets.
The German No. 3 seed produced 44 winners and 16 aces in just under two hours on court. He has not lost a set down under.
Nadal faced a bit of a threat from Olympic silver medalist Karen Khachanov, who pushed the Spaniard to a fourth set.
Khachanov had no answer for the No. 6 seed in the fourth set, as Nadal powered through with a 6-1 victory.
Nadal won 27 points and delivered 11 winners in the emphatic final set victory that clinched his spot in the fourth round.
Gael Monfils’ continued success in Australia was the biggest story outside of Zverev and Nadal.
The 17th-seeded Frenchman defeated No. 16 seed Cristian Garin in straight sets to pave a path that could take him all the way to the semifinals.
Monfils was drawn into Novak Djokovic’s section, but that portion of the draw became wide open once the top-ranked player in the world was ruled out of the competition.
Monfils made it past the fourth round in a Grand Slam once since the start of the 2017 season. He can end that poor run of form with a victory over Miomir Kecmanovic in the fourth round.
Matteo Berrettini and Pablo Carreno Busta will also relish the opportunity in front of them. They will face each other in the fourth round. The winner of that match faces either Monfils or Kecmanovic in the quarterfinals.
One of those four players will be an Australian Open semifinalist for the first time.
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