Australian Open 2018 results LIVE: Scores from Melbourne as Alexander Zverev CRASHES OUT
THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2018 sees Roger Federer attempt to defend the title he won this time last year and secure a 20th Grand Slam.
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Federer beat Rafael Nadal in an epic five-set clash between the two old adversaries.
The Swiss trailed 3-1 in the final set of the championship but roared back to win his third five-setter in four matches, shaking off any rust from six months out with back and knee injuries.
Express Sport tracks his progress and all the other seeds with all the scores from Melbourne as they come in.
Australian Open 2018 results - mens's singles
Third round
Hyeon Chung (Kor) bt (4) Alexander Zverev (Ger) 5-7 7-6 2-6 6-3 6-0
Tennys Sandgren (USA) bt Maximilian Marterer (Ger) 5-7 6-3 7-5 7-6 (7-5)
Marton Fucsovics (Hun) bt Nicolas Kicker (Arg) 6-3 6-3 6-2
(5) Dominic Thiem (Aut) beat Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 6-4 6-2 7-5
(1) Rafael Nadal bt (28) Damir Dzumhur 6-1 6-3 6-1
(3) Grigor Dimitrov bt (30) Andrey Rublev 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-4
(6) Marin Cilic bt Ryan Harrison 7-6(7-4) 6-3 7-6(7-4)
(10) Pablo Carreno Busta bt (23) Gilles Muller 7-6(7-4) 4-6 7-5 7-5
(17) Nick Kyrgios bt (15) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(7-5) 4-6 7-6(8-6) 7-6 (7-5)
(24)Diego Schwartzman bt Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-7(1-7) 6-2 6-3 6-3
Kyle Edmund bt Nikoloz Basilashvili 7-6(7-0) 3-6 4-6 6-0 7-5
Andreas Seppi bt Ivo Karlovic 6-3 7-6(7-4) 6-7(5-7) 6-7(5-7) 9-7
Second round
(2) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger) 6-4 6-4 7-6 (7-4)
(4) Alexander Zverev (Ger) bt Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-3
Maximilian Marterer (Ger) bt Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 6-4 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 6-3
Tennys Sandgren (USA) bt (9) Stan Wawrinka (Swi) 6-2 6-1 6-4
(29) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) 6-2 6-2 6-3
Hyeon Chung (Kor) bt Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 6-1
Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt (7) David Goffin (Bel) 1-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 7-6 (7-4)
(12) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Karen Khachanov (Rus) 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (0-7) 6-4
(25) Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) 2-6 6-3 6-4 6-1
(26) Adrian Mannarino (Fra) bt Jiri Vesely (Cze) 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 5-7 6-3
(14) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Gael Monfils (Fra) 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-3
Dominic Thiem (Aut) bt Denis Kudla (USA) 6-7 (6-8) 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-3
(19) Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 6-3 2-6 6-2 6-3
(21) Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-4 6-2 7-6 (7-2)
Nicolas Kicker (Arg) bt Lukas Lacko (Svk) 6-2 7-5 1-6 7-5
Marton Fucsovics (Hun) bt (13) Sam Querrey (USA) 6-4 7-6 (8-6) 4-6 6-2
Kyle Edmund (GBR) bt Denis Istomin (Uz) 6-2 6-2 6-4
(17) Nick Kyrgios (Aus) bt Viktor Troicki (Ser) 7-5 6-4 7-6 (7-2)
(30) Andrey Rublev (Rus) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-2
Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) bt Matthew Ebden (Aus) 7-6 (7-0) 6-3 6-4
(3) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) bt MacKenzie McDonald (USA) 4-6 6-2 6-4 0-6 8-6
(10) Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) bt Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-2 3-0 ret
Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn) 6-1 6-3 6-4
Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) bt Ruben Bemelmans (Bel) 7-5 6-1 6-3
(23) Gilles Muller (Lux) bt Malek Jaziri (Tun) 7-5 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 3-6 6-2
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-4)
(24) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) bt Casper Ruud (Nor) 6-4 6-2 6-3
Ryan Harrison (USA) bt (31) Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 6-4
(28) Damir Dzumhur (Bih) bt John Millman (Aus) 7-5 3-6 6-4 6-1
Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 4-6 12-10
6) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Joao Sousa (Por) 6-1 7-5 6-2
(15) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Denis Shapovalov (Can) 3-6 6-3 1-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-5
First round
(2) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Aljaz Bedene (Slo) 6-3 6-4 6-3
(29) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Blaz Kavcic (Slo) 6-1 6-4 7-5
Daniil Medvedev (Rus) bt Thanasi Kokkinakis (Aus) 6-2 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (10-8) 6-4
Karen Khachanov (Rus) bt Peter Polansky (Can) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt Benoit Paire (Fra) 6-0 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 6-4
(25) Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Horacio Zeballos (Arg) 6-4 6-4 7-5
(26) Adrian Mannarino (Fra) bt Matteo Berrettini (Ita) 6-4 6-4 6-4
Tim Smyczek (USA) bt Alexei Popyrin (Aus) 6-3 6-7 (14-16) 6-3 6-3
Hyeon Chung (Kor) bt (32) Mischa Zverev (Ger) 6-2 4-1 ret
Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-4 6-4 6-4
(21) Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) bt Jared Donaldson (USA) 6-2 6-3 6-4
(9) Stan Wawrinka (Swi) bt Ricardas Berankis (Lit) 6-3 6-4 2-6 7-6 (7-2)
(14) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Donald Young (USA) 6-1 6-2 6-4
Tennys Sandgren (USA) bt Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 6-4 7-6 (7-2) 6-2
Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger) bt Soon Woo Kwon (Kor) 6-1 6-2 6-4
Denis Kudla (USA) bt Steve Johnson (USA) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 7-6 (7-3) 6-2
Maximilian Marterer (Ger) bt Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Ger) 6-0 6-3 6-4
Jiri Vesely (Cze) bt Vaclav Safranek (Cze) 6-4 6-3 6-3
(13) Sam Querrey (USA) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-3 6-4 6-2
Marton Fucsovics (Hun) bt Radu Albot (Mol) 6-2 6-3 4-6 7-5
Lukas Lacko (Svk) bt (22) Milos Raonic (Can) 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 6-4 7-6 (7-5)
Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt (20) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 6-1 7-5 7-5
Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt Taro Daniel (Jpn) 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-0) 6-4 6-1
Nicolas Kicker (Arg) bt Jordan Thompson (Aus) 6-3 6-1 4-6 3-6 6-3
Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 6-3 6-3 6-1
Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) bt Robin Haase (Ned) 6-3 7-5 6-7 (6-8) 7-5
(4) Alexander Zverev (Ger) bt Thomas Fabbiano (Ita) 6-1 7-6 (7-5) 7-5
(7) David Goffin (Bel) bt Matthias Bachinger (Ger) 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-2 6-4
(1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Victor Estrella Burgos (Dom) 6-1 6-1 6-1
Leonardo Mayer (Arg) bt Nicolas Jarry (Chi) 6-2 7-6 (7-1) 6-3
John Millman (Aus) bt Borna Coric (Cro) 7-5 6-4 6-1
(28) Damir Dzumhur (Bih) bt Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) 3-6 2-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 6-4
(24) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) bt Dusan Lajovic (Ser) 2-6 6-3 5-7 6-4 11-9
Casper Ruud (Nor) bt Quentin Halys (Fra) 6-3 3-6 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 11-9
Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) bt Andreas Haider-Maurer (Aut) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 6-4
Matthew Ebden (Aus) bt (16) John Isner (USA) 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-3
(10) Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) bt Jason Kubler (Aus) 7-5 4-6 7-5 6-1
Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Marius Copil (Rom) 7-5 6-4 6-3
Malek Jaziri (Tun) bt Salvatore Caruso (Ita) 6-7 (2-7) 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-3
(23) Gilles Muller (Lux) bt Federico Del Bonis (Arg) 7-5 6-4 6-3
(31) Pablo Cuevas (Uru) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 7-6 (9-7) 6-3 7-5
Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Dudi Sela (Isr) 6-3 5-7 3-6 7-5 6-2
Joao Sousa (Por) bt Dustin Brown (Ger) 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-7 (4-7) 6-1
(6) Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Vasek Pospisil (Can) 6-2 6-2 4-6 7-6 (7-5)
(3) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) bt Dennis Novak (Aut) 6-3 6-2 6-1
MacKenzie McDonald (USA) bt Elias Ymer (Swe) 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-1
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Yuki Bhambri (Ind) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 6-3
(30) Andrey Rublev (Rus) bt David Ferrer (Spa) 7-5 6-7 (6-8) 6-2 6-7 (6-8) 6-2
(17) Nick Kyrgios (Aus) bt Rogerio Dutra Silva (Bra) 6-1 6-2 6-4
Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Alex Bolt (Aus) 6-7 (2-7) 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4
Denis Shapovalov (Can) bt Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 6-1 6-3 7-6 (7-5)
(15) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Kevin King (USA) 6-4 6-4 6-1
Kyle Edmund (Gbr) bt (11) Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-3
Denis Istomin (Uzb) bt Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) 6-2 6-1 5-7 7-6 (7-3)
Australian Open 2018 results - women's singles
Third round
(8) Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Bel) 6-3 5-7 6-2
(6) Karolina Pliskova (Czech Rep) bt Lucie Safarova (Czech Rep) 7-6 7-5
(1) Simona Halep (Rom) beat Lauren Davis (USA) 4-6 6-4 15-13
(17) Madison Keys (USA) beat Ana Bogdan (Rom) 6-3 6-4
Anett Kontaveit bt Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 1-6 6-3
Carla Suarez Navarro bt Kaia Kanepi 3-6 6-1 6-3
Magdalena Rybarikova btKateryna Bondarenko 7-5 3-6 6-1
Elina Svitolina bt Marta Kostyuk 6-2 6-2
Elise Mertens bt Alize Cornet 7-5 6-4
Petra Martic bt Luksika Kumkhum 6-3 3-6 7-5
Denisa Allertova bt Magda Linette 6-1 6-4
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Second round
(18) Ashleigh Barty (Aus) bt Camila Giorgi (Ita) 5-7 6-4 6-1(5)
(1) Simona Halep (Rom) bt Eugenie Bouchard (Can) 6-2 6-2
Naomi Osaka (Jpn) bt (16) Elena Vesnina (Rus) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2
(17) Madison Keys (USA) bt Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) 6-0 6-1
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) bt (28) Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Cro) 6-3 6-1
(6) Karolina Pliskova (Cze) bt Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) 6-1 6-1
Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) bt (3) Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 7-6 (7-1) 6-4
Lauren Davis (USA) bt Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 4-6 6-0 6-0
(29) Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Sorana Cirstea (Rom) 6-2 6-4
Ana Bogdan (Rom) bt Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 1-6 6-2 6-3
(21) Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt Donna Vekic (Cro) 6-4 6-1
Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt (14) Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 6-1 7-6 (7-4)
(20) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) bt Lara Arruabarrena (Spa) 6-3 6-4
Bernarda Pera (USA) bt (9) Johanna Konta (Gbr) 6-4 7-5
(26) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) bt Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) 2-6 7-5 6-3
(8) Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 8-6
Alize Cornet (Fra) bt (12) Julia Goerges (Ger) 6-4 6-3
Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) bt Timea Babos (Hun) 6-4 2-6 6-2
(2) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Jana Fett (Cro) 3-6 6-2 7-5
Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) bt (15) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-2 6-3
Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) bt Olivia Rogowska (Aus) 6-3 7-5
(7) Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) bt Ying-Ying Duan (Chn) 6-3 3-6 6-4
Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt Monica Puig (Pur) 6-4 6-3
(32) Anett Kontaveit (Est) bt Mona Barthel (Ger) 6-3 4-6 6-3
Denisa Allertova (Cze) bt Shuai Zhang (Chn) 6-4 7-6 (7-5)
4) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) bt Katerina Siniakova (Cze) 4-6 6-2 6-1
Luksika Kumkhum (Tha) bt Belinda Bencic (Swi) 6-1 6-3
(19) Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) 6-4 0-6 6-2
Petra Martic (Cro) bt Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) 6-4 7-6 (7-3)
(30) Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt Nicole Gibbs (USA) 7-6 (7-3) 6-0
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First round
(3) Garbine Muguruza (Spa) bt Jessika Ponchet (Fra) 6-4 6-3
Camila Giorgi (Ita) bt Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) 6-4 6-3
Andrea Petkovic (Ger) bt (27) Petra Kvitova (Cze) 6-3 4-6 10-8
Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) bt Lin Zhu (Chn) 0-6 6-0 8-6
Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr) bt Natalia Vikhlyantseva (Rus) 3-6 6-3 6-4
Naomi Osaka (Jpn) bt Kristina Kucova (Svk) 7-5 6-2
(14) Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 3-6 6-3 6-2
(28) Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Cro) bt Shelby Rogers (USA) 7-6 (8-6) 5-7 6-2
Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) bt Polona Hercog (Slo) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4
(1) Simona Halep (Rom) bt Destanee Aiava (Aus) 7-6 (7-5) 6-1
Lara Arruabarrena (Spa) bt Richel Hogenkamp (Ned) 6-1 6-2
Bernarda Pera (USA) bt Anna Blinkova (Rus) 6-2 6-2
(9) Johanna Konta (Gbr) bt Madison Brengle (USA) 6-3 6-1
(29) Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (Cro) 7-5 6-3
(8) Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Carina Witthoeft (Ger) 7-5 6-3
(6) Karolina Pliskova (Cze) bt Veronica Cepede Royg (Par) 6-3 6-4
Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) bt Kurumi Nara (Jpn) 7-5 6-4
(20) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) bt Kristie Ahn (USA) 6-1 7-5
(21) Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt Anna-Lena Friedsam (Ger) 6-0 6-4
(16) Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Ons Jabeur (Tun) 6-3 6-4
Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Tatjana Maria (Ger) 6-1 6-4
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) bt Christina McHale (USA) 6-3 6-2
Donna Vekic (Cro) bt Nao Hibino (Jpn) 7-5 6-3
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) bt Lizette Cabrera (Aus) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4
Sorana Cirstea (Rom) bt Zarina Diyas (Kaz) 5-7 6-4 6-3
(17) Madison Keys (USA) bt Qiang Wang (Chn) 6-1 7-5
Eugenie Bouchard (Can) bt Oceane Dodin (Fra) 6-3 7-6 (7-5)
Belinda Bencic (Swi) bt (5) Venus Williams (USA) 6-3 7-5
Luksika Kumkhum (Tha) bt Johanna Larsson (Swe) 6-3 7-5
Petra Martic (Cro) bt Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3
Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) bt (31) Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) 3-6 6-4 8-6
(23) Daria Gavrilova (Aus) bt Irina Falconi (USA) 6-1 6-1
Elise Mertens (Bel) bt Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) 6-2 6-1
Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Xin Yu Wang (Chn) 6-4 6-2
(12) Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Sofia Kenin (USA) 6-4 6-4
Shuai Zhang (Chn) bt (13) Sloane Stephens (USA) 2-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-2
Denisa Allertova (Cze) bt Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-3 6-0
Magda Linette (Pol) bt Jennifer Brady (USA) 2-6 6-4 6-3
(22) Daria Kasatkina (Rus) bt Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) 6-0 6-3
Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) bt (25) Shuai Peng (Chn) 6-2 6-2
Olivia Rogowska (Aus) bt Jaimee Fourlis (Aus) 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 6-2
Katerina Siniakova (Cze) bt Maria Sakkari (Gre) 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 6-4
(4) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) bt Ivana Jorovic (Ser) 6-3 6-2
(7) Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-1 6-4
Ying-Ying Duan (Chn) bt Mariana Duque-Marino (Col) 6-0 6-1
Mona Barthel (Ger) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 6-4 7-5
(32) Anett Kontaveit (Est) bt Aleksandra Krunic (Ser) 6-4 7-5
Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt (24) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 6-2 6-2
Monica Puig (Pur) bt Samantha Stosur (Aus) 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-4
Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) bt Magdalena Frech (Pol) 7-5 6-3
Timea Babos (Hun) bt (10) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2
(15) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt Kateryna Kozlova (Ukr) 3-6 6-4 6-3
Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Viktorija Golubic (Swi) 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-2
Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) bt Alison Riske (USA) 2-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-3
(19) Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 6-0 7-5
(30) Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt Catherine Cartan Bellis (USA) 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-2
Nicole Gibbs (USA) bt Viktoriya Tomova (Bul) 6-1 6-1
Jana Fett (Cro) bt Misa Eguchi (Jpn) 6-3 6-2
(2) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) 6-2 6-3
