After the fifth day at the Australian Open in Melbourne with the defeats of Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka and Caroline Wozniacki brought some surprises, this trend continued seamlessly at least on the women's side at the beginning of the sixth tournament day.

Karolina Pliskova, who was second in position and who had triumphed in Brisbane before the first Grand Slam event of the year , lost 6: 7 (4) and 6: 7 (3) against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. The Russian meets Angelique Kerber in the round of 16, who prevailed against Camila Giorgi in three sets .

The defeats of Belinda Bencic (0: 6, 1: 6 vs. Anett Kontaveit) and Donna Vekic (5: 7, 3: 6 vs. Iga Swiatek) also hit two other seeded players.

Simona Halep, who was fourth, was able to avoid an early exit. Last year's Wimbledon winner gave Yulia Putintsevain of the Rod Laver Arena no chance in the 6-1 and 6-4 success.

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