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Rocket-fuelled Coco Gauff served up a straight-sets win to join defending champ Aryna Sabalenka and the rejuvenated Amanda Anisimova in round four of the Open.

DAY SIX AT A GLANCE AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN IN MELBOURNE:

PLAYER OF THE DAY: Amanda Anisimova - the former teenage French Open semi-finalist has returned from a seven-month mental health break to charge into the Open's fourth round for a third time.

STAT OF THE DAY: Fourth-seeded US Open champion Coco Gauff fired down the fastest serve of the women's tournament, a 199km/h rocket, en route to her 10th consecutive victory in a grand slam event - a 6-0 6-2 win over fellow American Alycia Parks.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I'm trying to do my job as good as I can. I think today's performance was really, yeah, was perfection." - Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka after her 6-0 6-0 demolition of 23rd seed Lesia Tsurenko, with the world No.2 hungry for a second major success.

TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: Hunting his first grand slam title, Italian fourth seed Jannik Sinner has yet to drop a set en route to a fourth-round meeting with Karen Khachanov, only losing four games against Argentine Sebastian Baez on Friday. Seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas made short work of France's Luca Van Assche and will next face American Taylor Fritz. Defending women's champion Sabalenka has set up an enticing last-16 clash with Anisimova while US Open champion Gauff also marched on. Russian teen Mirra Andreeva and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk are into the fourth round for the first time.