Melbourne: World number one Barty Ash and defending champion Naomi Osaka can arrange a teasing fourth round battle in the Australian Open with a victory at Melbourne Park on Friday.
Barty, the amazing shape has made him fall for only three matches so far, took the 30th seed Camila Giorgi in the third round, while Osaka faced Amanda Anisimova, who won the Melbourne 2 summer set tournament.
Barty and Osaka both won twice each other but had not met for more than two years.
In the Battle of the French Open Champion, the Barbora Krejcikova holder played the Winner of 2017 Jelena Ostapenko, while Victoria Azarenka continued his quest for the third Australian Open degree which was not possible to fight 15th seed Elina Svitolina.
Among men, Carlos Alcaraz who will come will take action against the seventh seed Matteo Berrettini at the Rod Laver Arena, which will be followed by other heavyweight clashes involving 20 major winners of Rafa Nadal and Karen Khachhanov.
World number three Alexander Zverev also took action on Friday after his straight demolition at the Aussie John Millman, with Germany hoping to stay on track for the Grand Slam big victory against the Qualification of Radu Albot.
Australia Open: Barty, Osaka One Win far from the fourth round fight
