A look at the Australian Open on Friday:
Weather: Sunny, high of 25 Celsius (77 Fahrenheit).
Attendance: Day: 46,458; Night: 28,290; Total: 74,748.
Men’s Seeded Winners: No. 3 Rafael Nadal, No. 6 Andy Murray, No. 7 Tomas Berdych, No. 10 Grigor Dimitrov, No. 14 Kevin Anderson .
Men’s Seeded Losers: No. 2 Roger Federer, No. 24 Richard Gasquet.
Women’s Seeded Winners: No. 2 Maria Sharapova, No. 3 Simona Halep, No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard, No. 10 Ekaterina Makarova, No. 21 Peng Shuai.
Women’s Seeded Losers: No. 14 Sara Errani, No. 22 Karolina Pliskova. No. 31 Zarina Diyas.
Stat of the Day: 12 — the number of years since Roger Federer had not featured in a semifinal or better at Melbourne Park, and which ended with his third-round loss to Andrea Seppi.
Quote of the Day: “The end wasn’t pretty” — Federer.
Featured matches Saturday: No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 26 Elina Svitolina, No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. Fernando Verdasco, No. 4 Petra Kvitova vs. Madison Keys, No. 4 Stan Wawrinka vs. Jarkko Nieminen, No. 5 Kei Nishikori vs. Steve Johnson.
Forecast for Saturday: Partly cloudy, high of 27C (81).