Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka raced into the Australian Open quarter-finals while Coco Gauff recovered from a set down to defeat Belinda Bencic. Sabalenka had been pushed in her two previous matches by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and Clara Tauson, but she was ruthless against 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva.

With a 6-1, 6-2 victory over 14th-seeded Mirra Andreeva to open play on Sunday at Rod Laver Arena, Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, where she's three wins from achieving something no woman has done since the 1990s.

While there have been plenty of surprises in the men’s bracket so far, most of the top women have progressed through the draw without an issue.