Melbourne, Jan 20 (ANI): Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova has beaten third seed Maria Sharapova on Monday, causing the second major upset in as many days in the Australian Open.
The Russian, who took a medical timeout between the second and third sets, crashed 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 against the 20th seed in the fourth round to follow Serena Williams out of the tournament.
Sharapova's defeat came less than 24 hours after world No.1 Serena Williams went down to Ana Ivanovic, and further opened up the women's draw.
Two-time defending champion Victoria Azarenka is the only player left in contention to have previously won the Australian Open title.
After winning the first set, Sharapova quickly went 5-0 down in the second.
She rallied to win four straight games, only for Cibulkova to serve the set out at the third attempt.
The Slovakian then dominated the decider, setting up a quarter-final against either eighth-seeded Serb Jelena Jankovic or Romanian No.11 Simona Halep, stuff.co.nz reports. (ANI)
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