On the first day of quarterfinal matches at the Australian Open, Venus Williams confidently defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Coco Vandeweghe thrashed Garbine Muguruza.
The first to draw blood in the opening quarterfinal was seed No.24 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, as after wasting a break point in the first game, the Russian converted her chance in the 13th-seeded Williams' next service game. Still, even though that scenario happened twice in both sets, the seven-time Grand Slam champion Williams always quickly broke back, dressed more beautifully than ever in her EleVen Thika collection (the Glide Back Tank, Flutter 13" Skort and Thika Visor).