MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — No. 30 Ekaterina Makarova didn't make it easy on herself, blowing a one-set, 4-0 lead over No. 6 Dominika Cibulkova, but the Russian player advanced to the fourth round at the Australian Open with a 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3 win.After taking a medical timeout for an injured right elbow in the third set, the 2015 Australian Open semifinalist broke Cibulkova's serve in the eighth game to take a 5-3 lead, then held to win the match in 2 hours and 54 minutes.
Makarova won the last two games of the first set and the first four of the second.