MELBOURNE, Australia -- A look at the Australian Open on Thursday: Weather: Sunny, high of 36 Celsius (97 Fahrenheit). Attendance: Day: 42,294; Night: 24,821; Total: 67,115. Men's Seeded Winners: No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 4 Stan Wawrinka, No. 5 Kei Nishikori, No. 8 Milos Raonic, No. 9 David Ferrer, No. 12 Feliciano Lopez, No. 18 Gilles Simon, No. 19 John Isner. Men's Seeded Losers: No. 13 Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 17 Gael Monfils, No. 30 Santiago Giraldo, No. 31 Fernando Verdasco. Women's Seeded Winners: No. 1 Serena Williams, No.4 Petra Kvitova, No. 6 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 11 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 18 Venus Williams, No. 19 Alize Cornet, No. 24 Garbine Muguruza , No. 25 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, No. 26 Eina Svitolina, No. 30 Varvara Lepchenko. Women's Seeded Losers: No. 8 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 20 Sam Stosur, No. 29 Casey Dellacqua. Stat of the Day: 2: number of sets lost by a fast-starting Djokovic in first- and second-round matches at Melbourne Park since 2007. He's won four titles along the way. Quote of the Day: "I felt like I'm in Japan" -- Nishikori on the hundreds of flag-waving Japanese fans supporting him. Featured matches Friday: (start of third round): No. 2 Maria Sharapova vs. No. 31 Zarina Diyas, No. 2 Roger Federer vs. Andreas Seppi, No. 3 Rafael Nadal vs. Dudi Sela, No. 3 Simona Halep vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, No. 6 Andy Murray vs. Joao Sousa, No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard vs. Caroline Garcia, No. 7 Tomas Berdych vs. Viktor Troiki. Forecast for Friday: Chance of showers, high of 27 C (81F)
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