Gallery: The story from day six at the Australian Open

We give you a pictorial of the sixth day’s action at the 2018 Australian Open at Melbourne Park.
The clock tells the story of the marathon three-set match between top seed Simona Halep and Lauren Davies.
Yep, Halep and Davies made us all fee a bit dizzy.
It’s goodbye dear tennis racquet and goodbye Alexander Zverev as the German lost his third-round match against Hyeon Chung.
Tomas Berdych was involved in a heated exchange with the umpire, but he kept his cool when he was playing actual tennis as he beat Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets.
Novak Djokovic doing Novak Djokovic things during his win over Albert Ramos Vinolas.
It’s that winning feeling for Angelique Kerber as the 2016 champion made a big statement as she brushed aside Maria Sharapova.
Obligatory pretty picture of Margaret Court Arena.
Defending champion Roger Federer won the battle of the one-handers as he beat Richard Gasquet.
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