Australian Open 2020 Results: Winners, Scores, Stats from Friday Singles Bracket

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Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic advanced to the fourth round of the 2020 Australian Open on Friday, but Serena Williams‘ campaign to win a 24th Grand Slam title came to a premature end. 

No. 2 men's seed Djokovic prevailed 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 over Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in 85 minutes.

Williams, meanwhile, was ousted by Wang Qiang in a tight three-setter.

Serena was not the only big name knocked out on Friday. Defending women's champion Naomi Osaka became 15-year-old Coco Gauff's latest victim, and men's No. 6 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas lost to Milos Raonic. 

Elsewhere, top women's seed Ashleigh Barty advanced after beating Elena Rybakina 6-3, 6-2, and former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki called time on her career after losing to Tunisia's Ons Jabeur.

Here are some key results from Friday's action. For the complete results, visit the Australian Open's official website. 

Men's Singles

(2) Novak Djokovic bt. Yoshihito Nishioka: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

(14) Diego Schwartzman bt. (24) Dusan Lajovic: 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (7)

Marton Fucsovics bt. Tommy Paul: 6-1, 6-1, 6-4

Marin Cilic bt. (9) Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-0, 5-7, 6-3

Tennys Sandgren bt. Sam Querrey: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 

(32) Milos Raonic bt. (6) Stefanos Tsitsipas: 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (2)

Women's Singles

(1) Ashleigh Barty bt. (29) Elena Rybakina: 6-3, 6-2

(27) Wang Qiang bt. (8) Serena Williams: 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-5 

(7) Petra Kvitova bt. (25) Ekaterina Alexandrova: 6-1, 6-2

(22) Maria Sakkari bt. (10) Madison Keys: 6-4, 6-4

Ons Jabeur bt. Caroline Wozniacki: 7-5, 3-6, 7-5

(8) Alison Riske bt. Julia Goerges: 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2

Coco Gauff bt. (3) Naomi Osaka: 6-3, 6-4 

Djokovic was ruthless in his dismantling of Nishioka. His serving was superb, with 74 per cent of his first serves finding their mark and 17 of his points coming via aces:

#AusOpen @AustralianOpen

3️⃣4️⃣ points in a row on serve!

What a display by the seven-time champion against Nishioka.

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The Serbian offered up just one break point, which he saved, while winning five of the six break points he earned when Nishioka had the ball in hand, and he hit 40 winners to his opponent's 15.

Djokovic will now meet No. 14 seed Diego Schwartzman, who he has beaten on all three previous occasions they have met.

Raonic and Tsitsipas had never met before Friday, but the Greek 21-year-old was a strong favourite against the injury-plagued Canadian.

Unfortunately for Tsitsipas, though, he came up against Raonic showing the type of form that got him to No. 3 in the world in 2016.

The 29-year-old prevailed in two and a half hours, hitting 19 aces and 55 winners.

So clinical was Raonic's serving that he did not offer up a single break point in the entire match:

Matthew Willis @MattRacquet

Stunning win for Raonic. A match that demonstrated some of the issues Tsitsipas has on his backhand defence and return, but Raonic’s level was ridiculous throughout. So consistently calm, raining down devastating and unwavering 1-2 punches. Amazing

Serena bemoaned her poor performance after her shock loss against Wang:

Neil McLeman @NeilMcLeman

That is the first time Serena Williams has lost before 4R of a hardcourt Grand Slam since 2006. She said: “I'm better than that. I can't play like that. Like, I literally can't do that again. That's unprofessional. It's not cool.” #AusOpen

The American icon was some way from her imperious best, and the immaculate Wang found herself serving for the match at 5-4 in the second set.

Like so many before her, the Chinese No. 27 seed blinked, and Williams levelled the match up by winning the subsequent tiebreak.

It seemed inevitable the seven-time Melbourne Park champion would then go on to win.

But Wang continued to cause Serena problems and eventually claimed a well-deserved victory with her third match point.

Williams' stats from the two hour, 41 minute contest paint a picture of the 38-year-old's struggles.

Her first serve was only at 56 percent, and she made a whopping 56 unforced errors compared to Wang's 20.

Jabeur is next in line for the 28-year-old after victory over Wozniacki:

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Ons Jabeur is the 1st Arab woman to make the Round of 16 at a Slam.

The Tunisian defeats Caroline Wozniacki in the final match of the Dane’s career, wins 75 36 75 to advance to the fourth round. #AusOpen

The Dane, who won her sole Grand Slam at the Australian Open back in 2018, announced in December that 2020's opening Grand Slam would be her final tournament, and there were emotional scenes on the Melbourne Arena after her defeat:

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Wozniacki waiting to speak. Already in tears. 😢 #AusOpen https://t.co/IX806tSYrt

WTA Insider @WTA_insider

Lots of emotions all around Melbourne Park at the moment. Ash Barty sought out Caroline Wozniacki and her family, giving a hug to each and congratulating them all on a wonderful career.

Wozniacki sought out Serena in the locker room after loss to comfort her friend. #AusOpen

Barty's campaign to win her home Grand Slam for the first time continued as she dispatched 20-year-old Rybakina in 78 minutes.

The world No. 1 claimed five breaks across the two sets and hit 28 winners. She will play America's Alison Riske in the next round. 

Gauff's triumph was another impressive display of the teenager's cool temperament, but in truth, she did not have to work that hard for victory because Osaka was largely woeful, particularly in the second set:

Ben Rothenberg @BenRothenberg

Gauff held her nerve incredibly well, but she only had to hit six winners.

Gosh was that a rough match from Osaka. 17 winners, 30 unforced errors.

When Gauff was serving for it, she only made one return (then missed the next shot).

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At a set and a break down early in the second, the world No. 4 showed a glimpse of fight by breaking back with some big hitting.

But it did not prompt a comeback as she could not maintain her level and all Gauff had to do was keep the ball in play long enough for Osaka to make a mistake, which she did with alarming regularity.