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Hello and welcome to updates of a tasty-looking third round encounter between home favourite, Nick Kyrgios and Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. It's the first match up on Rod Laver Arena in the Day 5 night session.

N. Kyrgios vs J. Tsonga | Australian Open
Men's Singles | Round 3 | 19.01.2018 | Rod Laver Arena
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Paul Hassall

Updated 19/01/2018 at 11:34 GMT


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GAME, SET AND MATCH!- TSONGA 6-7 6-4 6-7 6-7 KYRGIOS. It's all over! Kyrgios takes five points in a row to turn the tie break around (7-5) and seal a hard-fought victory in three hours and 17 minutes. The Aussie won all three tie breaks to edge out Tsonga in a high calibre match. Kyrgios will now meet No.3 seed Grigor Dimitrov in round four.
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TB LATEST: Kyrgios bites back from 2-5 down to lead 6-5. Match point, but it's on the Tsonga serve...
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TB LATEST: It's looking like we are heading towards a deciding set. Tsonga leads 4-2 at the change of ends as he reaps some big rewards by venturing into the net. Can Kyrgios turn it around?
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TSONGA 6-7 6-4 6-7 6-6 KYRGIOS. To use the local terminology, Tsonga produces a 'beaut' of a volley at the net. It's all he can muster, however, as Kyrgios takes us to the third tie break of the match with some venomous serving.
TSONGA 6-7 6-4 6-7 6-5 KYRGIOS. That's a nervy game from Tsonga, but he just about comes through it unscathed. A double fault sees him trail 0-30 but big serving gets him in front. He then fires a loose forehand wide with the game on his racket to give Kyrgios hope. It's quickly extinguished, with the Aussie flashing a scorching forehand on the run just long.
TSONGA 6-7 6-4 6-7 5-5 KYRGIOS. Nick goes big with a hefty 122 mph second serve at 30-30 and then clouts down a wide ace to conclude. Gutsy stuff from the Aussie.
TSONGA 6-7 6-4 6-7 5-4 KYRGIOS. Kyrgios produces an inspire lob to open, but Tsonga rampages back to take four points in a row and edge back in front.
Elsewhere, the 2017 French Open champion is in trouble in the women's draw.
TSONGA 6-7 6-4 6-7 4-4 KYRGIOS. Nick is being made to battle a bit more on his serve. He's pressed to deuce, but conjures up a brutal ace down the middle T to make it four apiece. Right now, the smart money is on another tie break.
TSONGA 6-7 6-4 6-7 4-3 KYRGIOS. JW continues to be super strong on serve. He drops just the one point. Kyrgios being a good sport too. Fair to say that this has been played in great spirit, despite JW's fury with a spectator earlier.
TSONGA 6-7 6-4 6-7 3-3 KYRGIOS. This really is a cracking watch. Kyrgios levels once more as Tsonga misses the chance to force deuce when he pushed a poorly-executed dropshot from Aussie long.
TSONGA 6-7 6-4 6-7 3-2 KYRGIOS. Normal service resumed, quite literally. Tsonga hammers down a pair of aces to surge to a hold to 15.
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TSONGA 6-7 6-4 6-7 2-2 KYRGIOS. That's a brilliant hold for Nick. Tsonga produces one of the most extraordinary reaction vollesy off the backhand and then benefits from the Aussie's first double fault to earn a BP. The No.17 seed responds with some brilliance of his own to wriggle out of Tsonga' net and reach parity.
TSONGA 6-7 6-4 6-7 2-1 KYRGIOS. JW plays his get out of jail card right there. The Frenchman saves two break points to make deuce, but inexplicably forgets it's a second serve and fires down a double fault. A stunningly bold crosscourt forehand winner lands right on the line as he saves a third before finding his serve to get out of dodge.