Australian Open 2017: Daria Gavrilova dashing towards a fourth-round Melbourne Park repeat

By Linda Pearce
Updated January 20 2017 - 10:18pm, first published 9:27pm
Daria Gavrilova. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Daria Gavrilova. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The year after Target-wearing, Monaro-loving Casey Dellacqua's irresistible 2008 charge past three top-50 opponents into the last 16 of the Australian Open, she returned, with a far higher profile and elevated expectations, and promptly lost in the first round. The second time, having equalled her best Melbourne Park result, the West Australian's 2015 encore lasted just one match longer.

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