Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Alex de Minaur in two sets with a convincing performance and thus entered the round of the last eight of the Australian Open. The former world number one won clearly with 6:2, 6:1 and 6:2.

Ben Shelton’s fairytale run continues after a five-set win over fellow American JJ Wolf. The 20-year-old won 6-7 6-2 6-7 7-6 6-2.

In the women’s singles, Polish outsider Magda Linette beat fourth seed Caroline Garcia 7-6 6-4 to reach her first Grand Slam quarter-final at the age of 30.

Fifth seed Aryna Sabalenka defeated Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 7-5 6-2.