Highlights of the ninth day of the Australian Open on Monday (times GMT): 0045 ACTION UNDERWAY ON ANOTHER HOT DAY IN MELBOURNE Fourth round action got underway as scheduled when Veronika Kudermetova and Elina Svitolina took to Rod Laver Arena on another hot day at Melbourne Park.

Day 8 is another bumper day of action at the Australian Open, with the fourth round kicking off. Keep up with all the latest from Melbourne Park.

The presenter at the center of Novak Djokovic’s decision to boycott on-court interviews at the Australian Open has apologized to the 24-time Grand Slam champion, saying that he “overstepped the mark.” Channel 9 presenter Tony Jones was overlooking a group of Serbian fans while recording a dispatch from Melbourne Park Friday night.

Novak Djokovic has declined to do a customary post-match TV interview at the Australian Open to protest comments made on air by someone who works for the official broadcaster of the tournament in the host country,

Novak Djokovic charged into the Australian Open quarter-finals and booked a mouth-watering encounter with Carlos Alcaraz before the Serb shifted the focus by snubbing the Grand Slam's official broadcaster and slamming them for mocking him and his fans.

Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka has moved into the Australian Open quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 win over 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva

With a 6-1, 6-2 victory over 14th-seeded Mirra Andreeva to open play Sunday at Rod Laver Arena, Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. She'll be joined there by Coco Gauff.

Coco Gauff produced an impressive comeback win to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals on Sunday, eventually downing Belinda Bencic 5-7 6-2 6-1.