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Australian Open results today LIVE: Rafael Nadal through after Halep beats Dart on day 4

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Heather Watson and Harriet Dart were both defeated on day four in Melbourne to end British interest in the singles draw.

Watson was brushed aside inside an hour by no.16 seed Elise Mertens before Dart made more of a go of it against no.4 seed Simon Halep.

Rafael Nadal made it through to the third round after swatting away a big-hitting Federico Delbonis, joining the likes of Karolina Pliskova and Daniil Medvedev, Angelique Kerber and Dominic Thiem.

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Australian Open | Thursday's results

Men's Singles 2nd round: (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Federico Delbonis (Arg) 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-1, (27) Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) bt Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) 6-4 6-1 1-6 6-4, (23) Nick Kyrgios (Aus) bt Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-2 6-4 4-6 7-5, (16) Karen Khachanov (Rus) bt Mikael Ymer (Swe) 6-2 2-6 6-4 3-6 7-6 (10-8), (10) Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Ivo Karlovic (Cro) 4-6 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 7-5, Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt Aljaz Bedene (Slo) 7-5 6-3 6-2, (29) Taylor Harry Fritz (USA) bt Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 4-6 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 6-2, (5) Dominic Thiem (Aut) bt Alex Bolt (Aus) 6-2 5-7 6-7 (5-7) 6-1 6-2, (4) Daniil Medvedev (Rus) bt Pedro Martinez Portero (Spa) 7-5 6-1 6-3, Alexei Popyrin (Aus) bt Jaume Munar (Spa) 6-2 7-6 (7-5) 6-2, (19) John Isner (USA) bt Alejandro Tabilo (Chi) 6-4 6-3 6-3, (15) Stan Wawrinka (Swi) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 4-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4, (11) David Goffin (Bel) bt Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) 6-1 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-3, (17) Andrey Rublev (Rus) bt Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) 6-2 6-3 7-6 (7-5), Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt (26) Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 6-4, (7) Alexander Zverev (Ger) bt Egor Gerasimov (Blr) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 7-5

Women's Singles 2nd round: (6) Belinda Bencic (Swi) bt Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) 7-5 7-5, (28) Anett Kontaveit (Est) bt Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa) 6-2 4-6 6-1, (19) Donna Vekic (Cro) bt Alize Cornet (Fra) 6-4 6-2, Iga Swiatek (Pol) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) 6-3 7-5, (16) Elise Mertens (Bel) bt Heather Watson (Gbr) 6-3 6-0, Catherine Cartan Bellis (USA) bt (20) Karolina Muchova (Cze) 6-4 6-4, Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) bt (26) Danielle Collins (USA) 6-4 2-6 7-5, (4) Simona Halep (Rom) bt Harriet Dart (Gbr) 6-2 6-4, (5) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) bt Lauren Davis (USA) 6-2 7-6 (8-6), Garbine Muguruza (Spa) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) 6-3 3-6 6-3, Zarina Diyas (Kaz) bt Anna Blinkova (Rus) 4-6 6-3 6-4, (9) Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) 6-3 7-5, Camila Giorgi (Ita) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 6-3 6-1, (17) Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt Priscilla Hon (Aus) 6-3 6-2, (30) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 7-5 7-6 (7-1), (2) Karolina Pliskova (Cze) bt Laura Siegemund (Ger) 6-3 6-3

Men's Doubles 1st round: (11) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury (Gbr) bt Daniel Evans (Gbr) & John-Patrick Smith (Aus) 6-1 7-6 (7-3), Tennys Sandgren (USA) & Jack Withrow (USA) bt Marcelo Demoliner (Bra) & Matwe Middelkoop (Ned) 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (10-8), Pablo Cuevas (Uru) & Guido Pella (Arg) bt Jeremy Chardy (Fra) & Robert Lindstedt (Swe) 7-5 5-7 6-3, Steve Johnson (USA) & Sam Querrey (USA) bt Cheng-Peng Hsieh (Tpe) & Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 6-7 (9-11) 6-4 6-4, (10) Ante Pavic (Cro) & Bruno Soares (Bra) bt Luke Bambridge (Gbr) & Ben McLachlan (Jpn) 7-6 (7-4) 7-5, (12) Gerald Melzer (Aut) & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) bt Sander Arends (Ned) & Ricardas Berankis (Lit) 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (10-5), Gregoire Barrere (Fra) & Adrian Mannarino (Fra) bt Ugo Humbert (Fra) & Frances Tiafoe (USA) 6-2 4-6 6-2, Santiago Gonzalez (Mex) & Kenneth Skupski (Gbr) bt Soon Woo Kwon (Kor) & John Millman (Aus) 4-6 6-4 7-6 (10-4)

Women's Doubles 1st round:(4) Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) & Katerina Siniakova (Cze) bt Anna-Lena Friedsam (Ger) & Laura Siegemund (Ger) 6-4 4-6 6-1, Desirae Krawczyk (USA) & Jessica Pegula (USA) bt Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) & Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) 6-3 6-2, (16) Sofia Kenin (USA) & Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Ya-Hsuan Lee (Tpe) & Fang-Hsien Wu (Tpe) 6-4 6-3, Xinyun Han (Chn) & Lin Zhu (Chn) bt Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukr) & Sania Mirza (Ind) 6-2 1-0 ret, (6) Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) & Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) bt Maria Sakkari (Gre) & Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) 7-5 6-3, Kaitlyn Christian (USA) & Alexa Guarachi (Chi) bt Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) & Irina Bara (Rom) 6-1 6-2, (13) Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) & Alison Riske (USA) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) & Shuai Zhang (Chn) 6-3 6-3, (3) Elise Mertens (Bel) & Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) bt Catherine Cartan Bellis (USA) & Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) 3-6 6-3 6-3, Cori Gauff (USA) & Catherine McNally (USA) bt Karolina Muchova (Cze) & Jil Belen Teichmann (Swi) 6-3 6-2, (10) Shuko Aoyama (Jpn) & Ena Shibahara (Jpn) bt Greet Minnen (Bel) & Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel) 7-5 7-6 (7-2), Ashleigh Barty (Aus) & Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Jessica Moore (Aus) & Astra Sharma (Aus) 6-2 6-3