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    HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Day four at the Australian Open

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    TENNIS-OPEN/HIGHLIGHTS (PIX):HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Day four at the Australian Open

    MELBOURNE, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Latest news from the fourth day of the Australian Open tennis championships on Thursday (all times GMT):

    0316 CIBULKOVA FIGHTS OFF HSIEH TO ADVANCE

    Slovakian sixth seed Dominika Cibulkova overcame some stiff resistance from Hsieh Su-wei before she converted her third match point to seal a 6-4 7-6(8) victory over her Taiwanese opponent in one hour and 43 minutes.

    Cibulkova advances to face Russian 30th seed Ekaterina Makarova in the next round.

    0310 SIMON COMFORTABLY THROUGH TO THIRD ROUND

    French 25th seed Gilles Simon secures a routine 6-4 6-1 6-1 win over Brazil's Rogerio Dutra Silva to advance to the next round.

    0258 OSAKA PERPLEXED BY KONTA ON AND OFF THE COURT

    "She uses big words, you know. Like, big words. Even I don't know -- like, I can't say the words that she's saying. It's so hard to explain. She uses big words in her accent, and it sounds really smart," says Japan's Naomi Osaka after her 6-4 6-2 loss to Briton Johanna Konta.

    0245 WOZNIACKI STORMS THROUGH TO THIRD ROUND

    Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki, who hit just nine unforced errors, has no problem nullifying the dangerous Donna Vekic, beating the Croatian 6-1 6-3 in an hour and 16 minutes.

    The Dane faces ninth seed Johanna Konta in the third round.

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    0226 GARCIA DOWNS COMPATRIOT DODIN

    French 21st seed Caroline Garcia rallies from a set down to beat compatriot Oceane Dodin 6(3)-7 6-4 6-4 in a tightly contested encounter.

    0214 KOHLSCHREIBER BRUSHES ASIDE YOUNG

    German 32nd seed Philipp Kohlschreiber makes quick work of Donald Young, beating the American 7-5 6-3 6-0 in an hour and 51 minutes to advance to the third round.

    0210 GASQUET CRUISES THROUGH TO THIRD ROUND

    French 18th seed Richard Gasquet races into the third round after securing a routine 6-1 6-1 6-1 victory over Argentina's Carlos Berlocq.

    0158 CLINICAL BUSTA HAMMERS EDMUND

    Pablo Carreno Busta converts five of his eight break points en route to beating Britain's Kyle Edmund 6-2 6-4 6-2.

    0122 KONTA THRASHES OSAKA

    Ninth seed Johanna Konta wastes little time in taking care of power-hitting Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka with a 6-4 6-2 victory on Rod Laver Arena.

    0120 ERRANI RETIRES IN TEARS

    Former French Open finallist Sara Errani is forced to retire from her second round match against 30th-seed Ekaterina Makarova while trailing 6-2 3-2.

    The Italian had a heavily strapped right Achilles and pulled up chasing down a shot before she limped to her chair, called for the trainer then retired from the match in tears.

    0108 PLISKOVA RACES INTO THIRD ROUND

    Czech fifth seed Karolina Pliskova spends less than an hour on Margaret Court Arena in demolishing Russian teenager Anna Blinkova 6-0 6-2 to make the third round.

    "It's always good to be in the zone but I think I can be better," Pliskova said of her 59-minute match. "The percentage of my first serve wasn't so good. I think she was a little nervous in the beginning which is why it went so fast."

    0005 KONTA GETS SUPPORT ON MAIN COURT AS DAY FOUR BEGINS

    Sydney-born Briton Johanna Konta receives warm support from the Rod Laver Arena crowd as the ninth seed strolls out to face Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka on the main court's first match of day four in beautiful conditions, with temperatures only tipped to reach 26 degrees Celsius.

    Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki will follow with her second round clash against Croatia's Donna Vekic, before six-times men's champion Novak Djokovic ends the day session on the court against Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin.

    ORDER OF PLAY (prefix denotes seeding)

    ROD LAVER ARENA

    17-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) v Donna Vekic (Croatia)

    Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) v 2-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

    Not before 0800 GMT:

    Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) v 2-Serena Williams (U.S.)

    Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) v 9-Rafa Nadal (Spain)

    MARGARET COURT ARENA

    6-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) v Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan)

    Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) v 3-Milos Raonic (Canada)

    Not before 0800 GMT:

    Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Croatia) v 3-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland)

    8-Dominic Thiem (Austria) v Jordan Thompson (Australia)

    HISENSE ARENA

    15-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) v Chung Hyeon (South Korea)

    Not before 0430 GMT:

    6-Gael Monfils (France) v Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine)

    Not before 0730 GMT:

    22-Daria Gavrilova (Australia) v Ana Konjuh (Croatia) (Compiled by Greg Stutchbury; Editing by John O'Brien)



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