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Over on Court 3, 15th seed Stan Wawrinka is up 5-3* on 19th seed John Isner. There were rumors today that Wawrinka would under the weather but so far so good for the Swiss.
So what has happened so far today? The women have continued yesterday’s run of top 10 defeats with two further top 10 upsets. 2nd seed Karolina Pliskova was ousted 7-6(4) 7-6(3) by the talented and seasoned Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, seeded 30th. 6th seed Belinda Bencic, who memorably reached the US Open semis last year after upsetting defending champion Naomi Osaka, was destroyed by a zoning Anett Kontaveit 6-0 6-1 in just 49 minutes. Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber had no such problems and happily moved into the fourth round.
In the men’s draw, Rafael Nadal eased past Pablo Carreno Busta 6-1 6-2 6-4 and Dominic Thiem came through a potentially tricky four set match against Taylor Fritz of the United States. The in-form Andrey Rublev, seeded 17th, marched on after beating 11th seed David Goffin. 10th seed Gael Monfils saw off Ernests Gulbis in straight sets.
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