Swiatek and Dimitrov make shock third round exits while Medvedev, Svitolina and Zverev escape unscathed

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World No. 1 Iga Swiatek made a shock third round exit, falling to Cech teen Linda Noskova, on a day that also saw 13th seed Grigor Dimitrov also bow out while Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev and Elina Svitolina managed to escape unscathed.

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00:00 Night seven of the Australian Open and third seed Danil Medvedev faced off against Felix Auger

00:05 alias him. Boy oh boy what a rally. The two-time finalists would show zero signs of fatigue

00:11 following his five set second round affair dispatching the Canadian 27 seed in straight sets.

00:17 Well no hangovers from the early morning finish for Medvedev. He's too good. Earlier in the day

00:23 Grigor Dimitrov would find his tournament come to an early end. The Bulgarian claiming the opening

00:28 set against Nuno Borges via tiebreaker before dropping the next three as his Portuguese

00:33 opponent's career best grand slam run headed to the round of 16. It's the biggest moment in his

00:38 career by some margin and he's become the second Portuguese player man or woman to reach the round

00:45 of 16 at a grand slam. There would be another upset brewing over in the women's draw as world number

00:50 one Igor Sviontec went up against 19 year old Linda Noskova. Wow what a momentum swing. Noskova

00:59 has the break having split the opening two sets six three a piece with her opponent. The top seed

01:04 couldn't find her groove in the decider as the Czech team finished strongly. It's Czech mate

01:11 on Rod Laver Arena Linda Noskova through to the round of 16. Another action two former quarter

01:19 finalists avoided any upsets of their own as Aleksandrs Verov and Alina Svitolina both

01:23 booked their spots in the round of 16 with straight sets victories.

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