Naomi Osaka and Elina Svitolina dig deep to avoid Australian Open upsets

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Naomi Osaka and Elina Svitolina moved into the Australian Open fourth round, but had to battle very hard to do it. 

Osaka was a set and a break down to Taiwanese veteran Hsieh Su-wei before battling back to win 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.

“I just didn’t want to give up,” said the Japanese, who made 42 unforced errors and received a code violation after throwing her racket.

“I really love Grand Slams so I did anything I could do to stay here a bit longer.”

Svitolina, meanwhile, had to fight through neck and shoulder injuries as well as Zhang Shuai, but eventually came out on top 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.

“It was very hot conditions and I was struggling a little, we left everything on court,” the Ukrainian said. “I told myself I’m gonna die or win.

“It was just immense, I had to stay very strong and we were fighting until the very last point.”

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