Updates from the evening session on day six in MelbourneHalep sails through, Pliskova and Bencic crash outEmail Tumaini with your thoughts or tweet @tumcarayol 9.48am GMT Venus Williams, partnering with ATP doubles #1 Juan Sebastian Cabal, falls in the first round of #AusOpen mixed doubles, 3-6, 6-3, 10-4 to Zheng/Vliegen.Love that she stuck around for mixed all the same--her continued joy for playing and competing has been so apparent lately. 9.47am GMT
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7th seed Alexander Zverev leads Fernando Verdasco 6-2 6-2 2-3 on Margaret Court Arena.