[45] Magda Linette is thirty years old. The Polish player has never gone past the third round in singles at any major. Now, Linette is in her first major quarterfinals. Linette has two career singles titles to her name. About three years ago, Magda Linette got to a career high of thirty-three. She will face [30] Karolina Pliskova in the next round; Pliskova leads their head-to-head 7:2. Will the Pole keep going or will Pliskova derail her train?

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Paul And Shelton Are Picking Up Steam Down Under

American Tommy Paul is into his first major quarterfinals. To get there he had to go through some stiff opposition. Perhaps [24] Roberto Bautista Agut came in a little depleted but take nothing away from the effort or result of the American, who still had to win it. Paul won 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Ben Shelton got past fellow countryman J.J. Wolf in a 5-set match that had so many twists and turns, it was mind boggling. There were three tiebreakers in the match and Shelton won the most important one, the one that won him the match. While it was in the fourth set, it took the wind out of Wolf’s sail. Shelton easily won the fifth set, 6-2 to get to his first major quarterfinals.

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How The Other Seeds Fared On Day 8

At this stage in the draw, you can expect more seeds to fall. [4] Caroline Garcia lost 6-7(3), 4-6 to Magda Linette. This was a surprise. [12] Belinda Bencic had a break lead against [5] Aryna Sabalenka in the first set. However, Bencic lost her focus, and the rest is history. Sabalenka won 7-5, 6-2. [23] Shuai Zhang lost 0-6, 4-6 to the resurgent, [30] Karolina Pliskova.

[5] Andrey Rublev defeated [9] Holger Rune in five sets. It was probably a gut wrenching loss for the youngster; however, he will learn and grow from the 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7(11-9) loss. [22] Alex de Minaur had no defense against [4] Novak Djokovic. The Australian lost 2-1-2.

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