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HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Day three at the Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Latest news from the third day of the Australian Open tennis championships on Wednesday (all times GMT): 1300 Tomic sees off Estrella Burgos in four sets Australia's Bernard Tomic beat Victor Estrella Burgos of the Dominican Republic 7-5 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(5) to set up a third round clash with Britain's Dan Evans. 1245 Britain's Evans explains his attire "I'm just out of contract with Nike. They didn't offer me another contract. I just went to the store and bought a load of clothes the other day... I went back this morning to buy some more, so... They're not the best quality. To sweat in and wash them," said Britain's Dan Evans after beating seventh seed Marin Cilic in the second round. 1240 Kyrgios says he gets in his own way "That's how I feel. That's how it's been my whole career really. I put my head down, want it. But things happen. It's just me not being able to be consistent, not really wanting it. Stuff like that happens," said Australia's Nick Kyrgios, who was beaten by Italy's Andreas Seppi in the second round. READ MORE 'Ask Johnny Mac' - Kyrgios hits back at McEnroe jibe Raonic faces Muller on day of potential upsets Zverev emerges from Isner trance to reach third round Murray hands out masterclass to reach third round Seppi ousts Kyrgios after Australian blows up Briton Evans stuns seventh seed Cilic at Australian Open Bouchard wins ugly and looks to the future Coach Norman the final piece in Wawrinka's puzzle Federer wobbles but roars back to reach third round Birthday girl Kerber survives another Melbourne meltdown Nishikori continues to fly flag for Asia in 'home' grand slam True love keeps Venus coming back for more 1150 Murray breezes into round three Men's top seed Andy Murray beat Russia's Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-0 6-2 to advance to the third round, where he will face American Sam Querrey. The Scot rolled his ankle in the third set, but shook off the discomfort to prevail over his unseeded opponent. 1134 Seppi says win over Kyrgios was destiny "Maybe it was meant to be? I couldn't find my rhythm at the start, but I kept fighting and I played very well in the important moments in the end," said Seppi after upsetting Kyrgios. 1053 Evans stuns Cilic to advance Britain's Daniel Evans came back from a set down to beat Croatian seventh seed Marin Cilic 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-3 in a near three-hour battle. 1030 Veteran Seppi upsets local favourite Kyrgios Italy's Andreas Seppi came back from two sets down to beat Australian 14th seed Nick Kyrgios 1-6 6-7(1) 6-4 6-2 10-8 in three hours and eight minutes. 0952 MUGURUZA INTO THIRD ROUND CLASH WITH SEVASTOVA Spanish seventh seed Garbine Muguruza wastes little time in racing into the third round with a 7-5 6-4 victory over American Samantha Crawford in 94 minutes on Rod Laver Arena, setting up a clash against Latvian 32nd seed Anastasija Sevastova. 0933 VANDEWEGHE BEATS PARMENTIER, FACES BOUCHARD IN THIRD ROUND American Coco Vandeweghe battles her way past Pauline Parmentier, beating the Frenchwoman 6-4 7-6(5) in an hour and 48 minutes to set up a third-round tie against Canada's Eugenie Bouchard. 0912 ZVEREV CREDITS MOTHER'S CALM DEMEANOUR AFTER ISNER MARATHON "I felt like I was in a weird -- I just felt weird. I didn't really think what was going on. At times I didn't even know the score. "I kept looking to my box. Everybody is kind of nervous. My mom is the only one, like, smiling and laughing the whole time. She's like, 'whatever, it's going to be fine'. I think that helped me a lot." 0846 TROICKI SURVIVES ANOTHER FIVE-SET THRILLER Viktor Troicki, who needed five sets to get past Damir Dzumhur in the first round, beat Italian Paolo Lorenzi 6-3 1-6 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3 in three hours and 47 minutes. The Serbian 29th seed will face three-times grand slam champion Stan Wawrinka in the next round. 0801 FEDERER ON LONG FIFTH SETS AT GRAND SLAMS "It destroys your tournament usually because you just put so much mental effort into it, either just holding serve in that fifth set 10 times, 20 times, 30 times, 40 times, whatever it is. "I'm fine with the way it is. If they change it, they change it. I see the problems for down the road in the tournament, how they must feel." 0724 CIRSTEA UPSETS NAVARRO TO PROGRESS Romania's Sorana Cirstea reaches the third round of a grand slam tournament for the first time since the 2014 French Open after she beat Spanish 10th seed Carla Suarez Navarro 7-6(1) 6-3 in an hour and 33 minutes. 0717 ZVEREV CLINCHES FOUR-HOUR BATTLE WITH ISNER Germany's Mischa Zverev came back from two sets down to beat American John Isner 6-7(4) 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(7) 9-7 in four hours and 10 minutes to set up a third round clash with Tunisia's Malek Jaziri. 0654 2014 AUSTRALIAN OPEN WIN SPECIAL FOR WAWRINKA "I remember everything about that two weeks, especially the final, playing late, finishing late, the trophy ceremony and everything. It's just some amazing memories to come back here, to remember that, to see the picture with the trophy," said Wawrinka. "For sure a lot has happened in two years, especially with everything I've achieved since I won that. Winning two other grand slams. It's something amazing. It was my first one here, so is always going to be something special to come back here." (Compiled by Greg Stutchbury and Shravanth Vijayakumar, editing by Peter Rutherford/Amlan Chakraborty/Pritha Sarkar)