Australian Open Day Four: Live score and game-by-game updates as Novak Djokovic threatens to stop playing before sealing victory, as Jack Draper and Thanasi Kokkinakis prepare to go head-to-head

Novak Djokovic came back from going a set down to Jaime Faria to secure his berth in the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-1 7-6 6-3 6-2 victory.

But there was a bizarre moment during the match where Djokovic fumed at Australian Open organisers.

After a massive rally the 24-time Grand Slam winner began to complain about the use of the floodlights.

They had been switched on rather suddenly at the Rod Laver Arena with Djokovic protesting at officials to turn the glaring lights off.

‘We will wait for them to switch them off,’ he said.

‘Wait for the end of the set if they want to switch them on.’

Loud cheers went up around Rod Laver after the lights were eventually switched off.

Faria had also stated he was not spoken to about the use of the floodlights. The roof at Rod Laver had been shut due to rain.

It’s the second time this week that a camera man filming the players walking out onto the arena has taken a tumble.

Earlier this week over at the Rod Laver Arena, a camera man was filming Jannik Sinner’s entrance for his match against Nicolas Jarry, when the videographer tripped and fell while walking backwards.

Well, ahead of Tomljanovic’s match against Shnaider the same thing happened again, with a camera man again tripping over on a mat on the court at the John Cain Arena as he filmed the Aussie’s entrance.

Tomljanovic looked a little shocked by the moment before helping the camera man back to his feet.

Luckily, it seems the camera man and his camera were all OK after the fall!

Meanwhile, Tomljanovic is fighting hard here to stay in this opening set, she’s gone 5-4 down and has just saved two set points, forcing her opponent to make several errors to take the game back to deuce.

Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jack Draper have entered the Arena.

Huge cries go up for Kokkinakis but a smattering of boos go up for the Brit.

It’s a partisan crowd in here tonight for sure!

We’ve also got another huge match kicking off in the next five minutes with Coco Gauff set to square off against Jodie Burrage.

There was another big result over at the Margaret Court Arena earlier today as Carlos Alcaraz sealed a berth in the third round after beating Yoshihito Nishioka 6-0 6-1 6-4.

It was a hugely impressive performance from the Spaniard who is looking to win his first Australian Open.

But there was a strange moment at the end of the match where Alcaraz wrote the words: ‘Am I a serve bot?’ on the camera screen.

It comes after Alcaraz has struggled with his service game in recent times.

He had tweaked his service game over the off-season and while it things hadn’t been perfect against Alexander Shevchenko, with Alcaraz firing through under 60 per cent of his first serves, he had vastly improved on Wednesday afternoon.

He struck 14 aces to Nishioka’s one, double-faulted three times and upped his first service per centage to 89 per cent.

More from the Rod Laver Arena now, with our correspondent Matthew Lambert recapping on Novak Djokovic’s comeback second round win.

A tough break for Ajla Tomljanovic. She crashes out of the Australian Open 6-4 7-5 after suffering a second-round defeat against Diana Shnaider.

While the Aussie star came out of the blocks quicker then her opponent in the opening set, Tomljanovic just couldn’t find an in-road on her opponent, double-faulting to give the world No 13 a match point at 6-5 before Shnaider secured the victory.

Shnaider will now take on the winner of tonight’s match between Harriet Dart or Donna Vekic in the next round.

Carlos Alcaraz has put the tennis world on notice by lumping praise on Brazilian star Joao Fonseca this afternoon.

Fonseca produced perhaps the upset of the first round on Tuesday to beat world No 9 Andrey Rublev 7-6 6-3 7-6.

It was a stunning performance from the 18-year-old Brazilian who is making his first main draw appearance at a Grand Slam this summer. It was also his maiden win against a top-10 player.

And he caught the attention of Alcaraz, who progressed to the third round of the tournament earlier today.

What can I say about it? Just incredible. I mean the way he played his first Grand Slam match against his first top-10, it’s unbelievable. The way he approached the match, the way he handled everything, the nerves, the match in general, it’s been fantastic.

It’s someone that I have to be careful of, let’s say I have to see him. He’s going to be there. It is just the beginning of the year. Just one win in a Grand Slam but he’s going to be there.

We’re going to put Joao Fonseca’s name on the list of the best players in the world really soon.

Shnaider is showing her class here. Despite being broken herself, the world No 13 has secured back-to-back breaks against Tomljanovic to go 5-4 up in the second set.

Should Shnaider beat Tomljanovic here, she’ll book her place in the third round of the Australian Open for the first time in her career.

But the Aussie isn’t letting her steal the show just yet, serving out herself to pull level at 5-5.

Yesterday at The Margaret Court Arena Elena Rybakina sealed a 6-1 6-1 victory against Aussie star Emerson Jones.

But before the match, the umpire had to decide which player should take which towel stand.

And the umpire’s reasoning as to who took which stand had some fans laughing online.

She strikes back with a huge break to go 4-3 down against Shnaider.

A totally impressive comeback from the Aussie who initially missed out on getting the break at 15-40, after her forehand bounced just inches wide of the right tramline.

It didn’t matter though, with Tomljanovic taking control of the game, she struck back at 30-40 to seal a huge break.

It would be great to see the Aussie progress further into the tournament considering the injury woes she has had to battle back from in the last few years.

Speaking on Monday, Tomljanovic revealed that the injury problems had helped her relish playing in the Grand Slams more.

I am definitely getting to a stage where I try to cherish it a lot more than before, but I think in my dark moments, yes, but I think the reason I’m still here is because I always kind of, the last thought is always a positive one. So I think my knee has given me a lot of trouble, but I think I’ve tried to find so many solutions over the last two years, and I definitely feel like I’m on the other side or getting close to it.

Fair play to Tomljanovic, she’s putting up a great fight here and has just served out to love.

She’s 4-2 down in the second and needs to follow up that impressive serving performance with a break here.

The Aussie cut a dejected figure as she walked off the court in the last interchange.

Tomljanovic can’t make good her fast start as Shnaider hits back with two breaks of her own.

The final game was a real tussle with Tomljanovic saving three set points before she succumbed to her opponent to lose the set 6-4.

Schnaider has kept her foot on the gas pedal into the second set, with the world No 13 going 3-1 up.

But Tomljanovic is still fighting. She takes the fifth game to deuce, smashing down a lofted shot into the far right corner of Schnaider’s court to keep her chances of breaking back alive.

In the end, it’s Shnaider who takes the game to go 4-1 up.

Can Tomljanovic pull this one back?

The Scotsman was back in the corner for Novak this afternoon after the pair had intrigued fans earlier this week with their on-court interactions inside the Rod Laver Arena.

Djokovic initially described Murray’s presence on court as ‘strange’, before stating that their partnership has been very beneficial to him.

‘I really like the feeling of having Andy as my coach in the corner this year,’ the 24-time slam winner said, adding that he liked the new coaching pod system in play at the Grand Slam.

‘A few times I did approach Andy to ask him something about whatever it was, whatever shot. He was giving me guidance.

‘It’s important, I enjoy talking to Andy. I mean he knows tennis as well as anybody out there. He understands the highs and lows that you go through. Not just game-wise but mentally and physically.’

And even after having retired last year, it seems Murray’s been in the gym and is looking shredded!

Novak Djokovic has surpassed Roger Federer to have played the highest number of Grand Slam Singles matches in the Open Era.

But today’s victory wasn’t all plain sailing for the former world No 1, with Djokovic again getting off to a poor start in the match, losing the first set to Jaime Faria as he did in his opening match against Nishesh Basavareddy earlier in the week.

The result means Djokovic is still on track to win his 11th Australian Open title and today played his 430th Grand Slam singles match, surpassing another tennis great, Federer, who managed 429 during his glittering career.

We’ll hear more from Novak in a bit, but I want to quickly update you on a funny moment that has just unfolded inside the John Cain Arena…

A very good afternoon to you! It’s a little cold and wet here at Melbourne Park today compared to yesterday and play on the outdoor courts has been suspended twice today due to the rain.

I’m currently sat watching Aussie star Ajla Tomljanovic inside The John Cain Arena and the atmosphere is building quite nicely with organisers having closed the roof.

Tomljanovic has gotten off to a flying start in this one breaking her opponent who is ranked 13th on the WTA tour to take a 3-2 lead.

Elsewhere, we’ve got a ton of huge matchups coming your way, with Coco Gauff set to go head-to-head with Great Britain’s Jodie Burrage, while fellow Brit Jack Draper goes up against Aussie Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Stay tuned as we’ll be bringing you all the latest news, updates and talking points from Melbourne Park!