Victoria Azarenka, a two-time Australian Open champion, reached the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International in Australia with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Ysaline Bonaventure. In the men’s draw, second-seeded Kei Nishikori opened with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Mikhail Kukushkin to move into the quarterfinals against seventh-seeded Bernard Tomic, a 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-6 (4) winner over Radek Stepanek.
u25a0 At the Hopman Cup mixed teams event in Perth, the Australia team of Nick Kyrgios and Daria Gavrilova remained unbeaten with a 2-1 win over Britain, which dropped to 1-1.
u25a0 In Auckland, New Zealand, Caroline Wozniacki, the third seed, had a 6-0, 6-2 win over Christina McHale.