We will leave it there for today’s live coverage of the day session at Melbourne Park.Thank you for joining me this afternoon.We’ll have another liveblog happening for this evening’s session, as rivals Alex de Minaur and Alexander Bublik meet on Rod Laver before Elina Svitolina v Mirra Andreeva.Enjoy the rest of your day and I’ll see you next time.Meanwhile on Margaret Court Arena, third seed Coco Gauff is battling it out with 19th seed Karolína Muchová in a see-sawing clash.

Gauff got off to a strong start to take the first set 6-1 but Muchová is leading 4-2 in the second and is up two breaks.And here is Tumaini Carayol’s report on Alcaraz’s win:He had to dig deep against Paul but Alcarez has made it to the quarter-finals without dropping a set.He will next play the winner of tonight’s match between Alex de Minaur and Alexander Bublik.Alcarez will be looking break new ground by reaching the semi-finals at Melbourne Park for the first time in his career.Here’s the final point as Alcaraz marches into the quarter-finals for the third year in a row.

One swing and it's done,Back-to-back-to-back QFs for Carlitos Down Under 😤@wwos • @espn • @tntsports • @wowowtennis • #AO26 pic,twitter,com/JxJbFdvCiYPaul takes the first point of the game but that proves to be his final bit of resistance: Alcaraz taking the next four and advancing into the quarter-finals with a venomous serve Paul cannot return,It will go down as a straight sets win for the Spaniard but that won’t tell the tale of just how spirited the resistance from Paul was.

Nonetheless, against a world number one increasingly growing into himself as the tournament progresses, the American was ground down and dispatched.Carlos Alcaraz (1) 6-5 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 Tommy Paul* (19) Alcaraz finally secures the break and will now serve for a spot in the quarterfinals.A run of 12 straight points to the player on serve is broken when Alcaraz fires a brilliant forehand return back past Paul to take the opening point of the third set’s eleventh game.Paul claims the next point when the Spaniard’s backhand return goes long but falls behind once more when a 12-shot rally ends with Alcaraz whipping down a forehand that Paul can only return into the net with a backhand.That has to be a blow to morale.

An unforced error from Paul then gives Alcaraz two break points.He’s only converted two of nine thus far but on this occasion he gets it when Paul, who was none too impressed with a let call to start the point, sends a shot long.Carlos Alcaraz* (1) 5-5 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 Tommy Paul (19) Love is all around us, on Rod Laver Arena as it’s now three straight games without a point being dropped by the player on serve – Alcaraz holding to love once again.Carlos Alcaraz (1) 4-5 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 Tommy Paul* (19) Paul, however, continues to refuse to go down easily, holding to love himself and placing the onus back on Alcaraz.Two and a half hours into this one a lot of players would have been resigned to their fate but, if he is, it’s not reflected in his tennis.

Carlos Alcaraz* (1) 4-4 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 Tommy Paul (19) We don’t have a break in this third set but Alcaraz is looking increasingly assured.The top seed holds to love and will once again go in search of the break he needs to wrap this match up in three sets.Carlos Alcaraz (1) 3-4 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 Tommy Paul* (19) Paul moves ahead 40-15 but a disappointing unforced backhand error and then a double fault brings up deuce.Is this the crack in the American's mindset on a difficult afternoon? Not yet, it appears, as Paul responds strongly to take the next two points and hold serve.Carlos Alcaraz* (1) 3-3 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 Tommy Paul (19) Alcaraz holds once more.

The American is still fighting but Alcaraz, even without a break, continues to forge ahead.And when you need some kind of spark, down two sets, that’s got to be its own kind of dispiriting.Out on Margaret Court Arena, Aussie women’s double pairing Storm Hunter and Maya Joint have fallen to seventh-seeded duo Anna Danilina and Aleksandra Krunic, meaning Coco Gauff (3) will soon commence her fourth round clash with Karolina Muchova (19).And there it is 🙌After a topsy turvy match, Danilina and Krunic get it done 👏#AO26 pic.twitter.

com/8NqPignrRtCarlos Alcaraz (1) 2-3 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 Tommy Paul* (19) Paul takes the opening three points to move into a commanding position, giving him the scope to absorb Alcaraz’s overhand smash winner from the baseline before taking the game with a wicked serve sent down the T that Alcaraz can’t return.Carlos Alcaraz* (1) 2-2 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 Tommy Paul (19) Stung by the missed opportunity to break Paul early in the third set, Alcaraz takes the opening two points.A backhand error sees Paul get on the board but the top seed quickly re-gathers and takes the next two points.There’s an advertisement playing in the Australian coverage of this tournament featuring the sound of a phone call.The sound they’ve used for a ringtone, though, is the same sound effect for the Codec in the Metal Gear Solid games, so all I now want to see if Solid Snake sneaking around in the background of Rod Laver Arena.

Carlos Alcaraz (1) 1-2 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 Tommy Paul* (19) Paul is able to take the first point but Alcaraz smells blood, taking the next three to bring up two break points.Paul earns a reprieve, however, forcing a backhand error with a big serve to erase the first and then watching on as an unforced Alcaraz forearm error gets rid of the second.Another break point is seen off in deuce before the American takes the advantage by forcing Alcaraz wide on his serve before getting forward and smashing a forehand winner behind the Spaniard.A 212 km/h serve then allows Paul to force Alcaraz very deep and eventually take the game.Carlos Alcaraz* (1) 1-1 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 Tommy Paul (19) A roar from the crowd greets Paul getting to the net and dropping a cross-court shot well away from Alcaraz.

The crowd loves the entertainment that Alcaraz provides, but they also love and underdog,And they’ve also already paid for their seats so they might as well root for as much tennis as possible,Unfortunately for their hopes of an epic, Alcaraz takes the net four points to get on the board in the third set,Carlos Alcaraz (1) 0-1 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 Tommy Paul* (19) The third set commences just as we’re about to hit two hours of match time,And Paul, who entered the fourth round with the fewest time spent of the court of any of the remaining men in the singles draw, is now staring down the barrel of producing a mammoth, five-set come-from-behind win if he’s to keep his tournament alive.

Unlikely? Probably, especially against an increasingly ascendent Alcaraz,But he holds serve in the opening game of this third set,0 - Iva Jovic is the youngest player to reach the Women’s Singles quarter-finals at the Australian Open without dropping a set since Venus Williams in 1998,Wings,#AusOpen | @AustralianOpen @WTA pic.

twitter.com/h4eEuXRzJ3Carlos Alcaraz* (1) 6-4 7-6 (8-6) Tommy Paul (19) Paul steps up, knowing that he needs to break Alcaraz to keep this second set alive.The Spaniard takes the first point when he sends in a forehand that Paul can only send into the net and then moves to 30-0 when he forces his opponent into an error.The American gets up to the net – what is happy proven a happy hunting ground for him today – and gets on to the board and then moves level when a baseline exchange ends with Alcaraz looping a backhand long.But Alcaraz reclaims the initiative with a 212 km/h ace – his fastest serve of the match – to bring up set point and then takes it when Paul lifts a forehand long.

The top seed lets out a massive “¡Vamos!” as he watches the ball sail beyond him – a spot in the quarter-finals of the only grand slam that has so far eluded him in his career in his sights.Carlos Alcaraz (1) 5-4 7-6 (8-6) Tommy Paul* (19) Paul steps up needing a hold to keep the set going.Hi fires down his sixth ace of the game to start that process will but slices a backhand wide to go back level with Alcaraz.But the American bounces back quickly, forces Alcaraz into an error and then delivering two successive forehand winners – getting to the net for an easy win on the second of those – to take the game.Carlos Alcaraz* (1) 5-3 7-6 (8-6) Tommy Paul (19) Coming up against a top seed that is clearly growing into this tournament, Paul is refusing to wilt and exchanges points with Alcaraz to start this game.

The Spaniard, however, then takes the next three points and holds serve with a 201 km/h serve that Paul is unable to return,Carlos Alcaraz (1) 4-3 7-6 (8-6) Tommy Paul* (19) Alcaraz forces Paul into a backhand error to take the first point but the 19th seed responds by claiming the next four and holding serve,Carlos Alcaraz* (1) 4-2 7-6 (8-6) Tommy Paul (19) A 25-shot rally to open the game gets the crowd to its feet, Alcaraz taking the point when he answers a drop shot with one of his own, inducing a weakly hit lob he dispatches with an overhead smash,Paul sends a forehand into the net to fall further behind but the American is able to get on the board when he sends in a drop shot that Alcaraz returns but which also leaves him exposed for a follow-up passing shot,The game is tied at 30-30 when Paul somehow produces a backhand cross-court return winner after being sent super wide.

The top seed, though, is up for the challenge, and takes the game with two big forehand winners.From 4-0 down to to 4-4! 👀The Aussie pair are back in this! #AO26 pic.twitter.com/SdI9oZI7PxCarlos Alcaraz (1) 3-2 7-6 (8-6) Tommy Paul* (19) A devastating cross-court forehand return sees Alcaraz take the first point but Paul is able to steady and take the next three points, winning the latter two with ace and forehand winner.The American then produces an important hold when he forces Alcaraz deep with a serve-and-forehand combination and the Spaniard can’t send get a return back over the net.

Carlos Alcaraz* (1) 3-1 7-6 (8-6) Tommy Paul (19) Paul takes the first point as he tries to answer back with a break of his own, only for Alcaraz to rattle off three straight points to take control.The Spaniard then pulls away with a 212 km/h ace down the T.Alcaraz has an astounding 93% success rate when it comes to winning sets after securing the early break, showing the mountain the American is now going to have to climb.Carlos Alcaraz (1) 2-1 7-6 (8-6) Tommy Paul* (19) Paul falls behind early only to answer back with the next two points thanks to some big serving.Alcaraz, however, responds with a return that stretches Paul too far for him to keep a forehand inbound and then brings up break point when he pushes Paul wide and his subsequent cross-court shot goes out.

Paul rallies back and brings up deuce with a big serve that allows him to move to the net – Alcaraz just unable to keep his attempted passing shot in.But the American surrenders another break point when he gets to the net and slices a volley attempt into the net and then can only watch when a lengthy exchange ends with Alcaraz pounding a venomous forehand winner beyond him.18 years old and into her first ever Grand Slam quarterfinal in style - Iva Jovic, everybody 👏😍@wwos • @espn • @tntsports • @wowowtennis • #AO26 pic.twitter.com/MaCSjonbetCarlos Alcaraz* (1) 1-1 7-6 (8-6) Tommy Paul (19) After being broken in his opening service game of the first set, taking the first two points.

The Spaniard fires a backhand into the net to give Paul a sniff but he quickly moves to stamp that out – getting to the net to make it 40-15 and then taking the game when his second serve is returned long.