MELBOURNE : Fifth seed Andrey Rublev avoided a third round banana skin in the form of Briton Dan Evans at the Australian Open on Saturday after former world number one Karolina Pliskova sailed into the last 16 of the women's tournament.
But it was all smooth sailing against Evans, who obligingly threw Rublev a banana during a change of ends at sun-drenched Margaret Court Arena when the Russian came up empty in his search for a snack. In the bottom quarter of the women's draw, 12th seed Belinda Bencic continued her smooth run with a 6-2 7-5 win over Camila Giorgi in the second match at Rod Laver Arena.
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