Pliskova rallies to overcome Ostapenko, reach 4th round

U.S. Open runner-up Karolina Pliskova rallied from 5-1 down in the third set to beat Jelena Ostapenko 4-6, 6-0, 10-8 and reach the fourth round of the Australian Open for the first time.

Ostapenko twice served for the match and twice she was broken, winning only one point in each game.

She saved a match point before holding in the 12th game, prolonging the match for another six games until fifth-seeded Pliskova finally broke serve again.

Pliskova hadn't advanced beyond the third round at any major before she reached the final of the last U.S. Open, where she beat Venus and Serena Williams before losing to Angelique Kerber.

In another late women's match on the adjoining Rod Laver Arena, No. 22 Daria Gavrilova beat 12th-seeed Timea Bacsinszky 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.