The last day with crowds and what a day it was. With Melbourne going into a 5-day lockdown, there will sadly be no fans for the next 5 days. What a day today was! A superb fight back from Thiem to beat Australian Nick Kyrgios in 5 sets after being 2 sets to love down and 2 break points down in his first service game in the third set. Taylor Fritz also managing to come back from 2 sets down but he couldn’t get over the line. Djokovic managing to fight through pain to beat Fritz in 5 sets. Karatsev continues his good form knocking out the ninth seed Schwartzman in straight sets. Could be a player to watch…

“Guys and Dolls” managing to maintain their lead. So far an absolutely dominant display and I’m starting to wonder if anyone can catch them. Still a long way to go though. Today Kyrgios, Mannarino, Shapovalov and Fritz crashing out in the men’s draw and Jabeur was the only female pick to crash out on day 5. Below is the leaderboard after Day 5 and half of round 3.

A few nervous moment today as Thiem and Djokovic both surviving by the skin of their teeth. What does tomorrow hold? Only time will tell.

Some notable matches from Day 5:

Thiem managing to beat not only Kyrgios but also the crowd in a 5 set thriller – 4-6; 4-6; 6-3; 6-4; 6-4.

Djokovic managing to fight through pain to get past Fritz in 5 sets – 7-6(1); 6-4; 3-6; 4-6; 6-2

Karatsev defeated ninth seed Schwartzman – 6-3; 6-3 ;6-3

Osaka beat Jabeur 6-3; 6-2

Some matches to watch out for tomorrow:

Muchova vs Pliskova (02:00)

Bencic vs Mertens (05:15)

Barty vs Alexandrova (10:00)

Krajinovic vs Medvedev (03:15)

Harris vs Mcdonald (03:20)

Khachanov vs Berrettini (08:00)

Fognini vs De Minaur (11:15)