HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Day seven at the Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Latest news from day seven of the Australian Open tennis championships on Sunday (all times GMT):

0325 VENUS OVERCOMES GLARE, BARTHEL TO MAKE LAST EIGHT

Evergreen American Venus Williams struggles on serve with the sun in her eyes but she fights through it to record a 6-3 7-5 victory over a stubborn Mona Barthel on Rod Laver Arena, advancing to the Melbourne Park quarters for the ninth time.

The 36-year-old seven-times grand slam winner had major issues with her ball toss from the northern end of the main showcourt but managed to seize her opportunities from the opposite end and sealed the win in 96 minutes.

0135 PAVLYUCHENKOVA 'SHOCKED' AT QUARTER-FINAL PLACE

"I'm kind of shocked a little, but also so happy," says the Russian 24th seed, who has beaten three compatriots and a Ukrainian at Melbourne Park this week. "I think we were both a bit nervous but we played last week in Sydney and I won.

"I've been practising hard, working hard and enjoying it."

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0124 PAVLYUCHENKOVA FIRST INTO QUARTER-FINALS

Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova completes a personal tally of reaching every grand slam quarter-final as she steamrolls eighth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-3 to become the first player into the last eight.

The 25-year-old, who had never advanced beyond the third round at Melbourne Park, made it to the quarters at Roland Garros and the U.S. Open in 2011 and at Wimbledon last year.

0015 KUZNETSOVA OPENS FOURTH ROUND AGAINST PAVLYUCHENKOVA

Play begins on all of the main courts in warm, sunny conditions, with the temperature expected to hit a maximum 30C.

Two time grand slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova is first up on Rod Laver Arena against Russian compatriot Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who upset 11th seed Elina Svitolina in the third round.

ROD LAVER ARENA

Mona Barthel (Germany) v 13-Venus Williams (U.S.)

1-Andy Murray (Britain) v Mischa Zverev (Germany)

Not before 0800:

17-Roger Federer (Switzerland) v 5-Kei Nishikori (Japan)

1-Angelique Kerber (Germany) v Coco Vandeweghe (U.S.)

MARGARET COURT ARENA

Not before 0300

4-Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) v Andreas Seppi (Italy)

Not before 0500

Sorana Cirstea (Romania) v 7-Garbine Muguruza (Spain)

HISENSE ARENA

Not before 0530

12-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) v Daniel Evans (Britain)

(Compiled by Greg Stutchbury and Shravanth Vijayakumar; Editing by Peter Rutherford/Sudipto Ganguly/Pritha Sarkar)