Kerber, Kuznetsova, Pavlyuchenkova and Vandeweghe through to Australian Open last-16

Vandeweghe went through (Picture: Getty)

Angelique Kerber, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Coco Vandeweghe are through to the last-16 of the Australian Open after winning their third-round matches.

World No. 1 swept through her third round match against Krystina Pliskova, winning 6-0 6-4 on Rod Laver.

Russian eighth seed Kuznetsova had to work much harder against former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic, winning 6-4 5-7 9-7 in a match that lasted more than three and a half hours.

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The 31-year-old is a two-time Grand Slam champion, with her last title coming at the French Open in 2009, but she has not been past the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park.

However, she’s in excellent form and she’s set up a fourth-round tie with compatriot Pavlyuchenkova after the 24th seed took out Elina Svitolina.

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The 25-year-old conquered the Ukrainian 7-5 4-6 6-3 in a very tight contest.

There was an equally close battle between Vandeweghe and Eugenie Bouchard on Rod Laver, with the American edging past her Canadian opponent.

Vandeweghe triumphed 6-4 3-6 7-5 and will now face Kerber on Sunday.