The Australian Open round of 16 has been decided on another massive day of upsets at Melbourne Park.
14th seed Tommy Paul, 13th seed Grigor Dimitrov and 11th seed Casper Ruud were all among the casualties in the men’s draw, while 11th seed Jelena Ostapenko and 27th seed Emma Navarro were dumped out of the women’s draw.
But none were bigger than the scalp of women’s world No. 1 Iga Swiatek, who was defeated in three-sets by Czech teenager Linda Noskova.
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The 19-year-old world No. 50 stunned the world with an incredible 3-6 6-3 6-4 victory.
It looked like it would go to the script early after Swiatek won the first set but the teenager surprised herself to pull off the victory.
The result is the earliest a world No. 1 has been eliminated in the women’s draw at the Australian Open since 1979…
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