Weather: High of 42 degrees Celsius (108 Fahrenheit), although a late-afternoon change dropped temperatures significantly, followed by evening rain showers which caused some delays to the schedule.
Attendance: Day session, 31,644; night: 25,530, total, 57,174.
Seeded Winners: Men – No. 2 Novak Djokovic, No. 3 David Ferrer, No. 7 Tomas Berdych, No. 8 Stanislaw Wawrinka (injury walkover), No. 15 Fabio Fognini, No. 17 Tommy Robredo, No. 19 Kevin Anderson. Women – No. 1 Serena Williams, No. 4 Li Na, No. 9 Angelique Kerber, No. 14 Ana Ivanovic, No. 22 Ekaterina Makarova, No. 28 Flavia Pennetta, No. 30 Eugenie Bouchard.
Seeded Losers: Men – No. 9 Richard Gasquet, No. 20 Jerzy Janowicz, No. 28 Vasek Pospisil (injury walkover), No. 29 Jeremy Chardy. Women – No. 17 Sam Stosur, No. 26 Lucie Safarova, No. 31 Daniela Hantuchova.
Stat of the Day: 61 – record number of matches won by Serena Williams at the Australian Open, beating Margaret Court’s mark with her win Friday over Hantuchova.
Quote of the Day: “(Friday), I was completely kaput,” Janowicz said after his straight-sets loss to Florian Mayer in the heat at Melbourne Park.
Playing on Saturday: 3rd Round – No. 1 Rafael Nadal vs. No. 25 Gael Monfils, No. 4 Andy Murray vs. No. 26 Feliciano Lopez, No. 6 Roger Federer vs. Teymuraz Gabashvili; No. 2 Victoria Azarenka vs. Yvonne Meusburger, No. 3 Maria Sharapova vs. No. 25 Alize Cornet, No. 5 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Forecast on Saturday: Cooler, high of 23 degrees C (73 F).
Associated Press
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