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Second seed Pliskova out in latest Australian Open shock

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AFP Melbourne
Last Updated : Jan 25 2020 | 9:30 AM IST

World number two Karolina Pliskova bombed out to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Saturday as the shocks kept rolling in the Australian Open third round.

A day after Serena Williams and defending champion Naomi Osaka both exited, Russia's Pavlyuchenkova won 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/3) for her first victory over the Czech second seed.

The result means that two of the top three seeds are now out of the women's draw, after third-ranked Osaka fell to 15-year-old American Coco Gauff on Friday.

Williams, the seven-time Melbourne champion who was seeking a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title, was stunned by China's Wang Qiang.

"I don't know what to say, of course I'm really happy but I won't really realise that until later," said Pavlyuchenkova, a quarter-finalist last year and in 2017.

"It was a lot of fun and I actually really enjoyed it."
"I love the heat, even though everyone says you're from Russia and love cold weather, I don't, I hate it!"

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First Published: Jan 25 2020 | 9:30 AM IST

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