Australian Open: Djokovic and Garcia spin in 8th, end of the adventure for Murray, the thread of the day on Saturday

Novak Djokovic,

stronger than pain.

The Serb overcame the pain in his left thigh to dominate the Bulgarian

(7-6 (7/9), 6-3, 6-4) and reach his 15th round of 16 in Melbourne.

The 35-year-old Serb, in search of a 22nd Grand Slam title to equal the record of Spaniard

, will find Australian

(24th) on Monday.

And if he suffered physically, requesting a medical timeout at the end of the first set, the Serb chained a 24th consecutive success at the Australian Open.

Dizzy.

 In pain

overturned a match that started disastrously against the German

(158th) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.

The 4th in the world will be the only French representative in the second week and will face the Polish

(45th) or the Russian

(18th) for a place in the quarterfinals.

Garcia, on very alternating current with 29 winners but also 37 unforced errors, will have to gain momentum if she wants to go very far in Melbourne, where she has never passed the round of 16.  

 In the men's draw, there are no more representatives after the eliminations of

and

, beaten by Alex de Minaur and

respectively .

Two dry and logical eliminations in three rounds.

Holger Rune still got a scare by twisting his ankle and hurting his wrist at the start of the second set.

More fear than harm for the winner of the Rolex Paris Masters.

He will have to be in good shape on Monday against the Russian

(6th), irresistible against the Briton

 swept 6-4, 6-2, 6-3.

 After two huge fights, the last of which ended at more than 4 a.m.

gave in to

(24) in the 3rd round in Melbourne (6-1, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4).

Bautista Agut finds himself in a part of the table where the Americans are legion.  

and

outplayed compatriots

(6-1, 6-4, 6-3) and

(6-4, 6-1, 6-2) respectively.

Surprising 20-year-old Ben Shelton has released local Alexei Popyrin.

He will find JJ Wolf for a new 100% US duel.

Aryna Sabalenka

, impressive faller of the Belgian

(32nd), will find Monday in 8th the Swiss

(10th), quiet winner of the Italian

(70th) 6-2, 7-5