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MELBOURNE, Australia -- A look at the Australian Open on Saturday: Weather: Sunny, high of 26 Celsius (79 Fahrenheit). Attendance: Day: 53,259; Night: 27,772; Total: 81,031. 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. Men's Seeded Losers: No. 18 Gilles Simon, No. 19 John Isner, No. 31 Fernando Verdasco. Women's Seeded Winners: No. 1 Serena Williams, No. 6 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 11 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 18 Venus Williams, No. 24 Garbine Muguruza. Women's Seeded Losers: No. 4 Petra Kvitova, No. 19 Alize Cornet, No. 25 Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, No. 26 Elina Svitolina, No. 30 Varvara Lepchenko. Stat of the Day: 13 -- number of Grand Slam tournaments it took seven-time champion Venus Williams to return to the second week of a major since her last appearance in the fourth round at Wimbledon 2011. Quote of the Day: "Well, this old cat has a few tricks left" -- 34-year-old Venus after her win over Camila Giorgi. Featured matches Sunday: No. 2 Maria Sharapova vs. No. 21 Peng Shuai, No.3 Rafael Nadal vs. Kevin Anderson, No. 3 Simona Halep vs. Yanina Wickmayer, No. 6 Andy Murray vs. Grigor Dimitrov, No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard vs. Irina-Camelia Begu, No. 7 Tomas Berdych vs. Bernard Tomic. Forecast for Sunday: chance of morning rain, high of 22C (72F).
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