Brisbane International 2017: Thursday Tennis Scores, Results, Updated Schedule

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World No. 1 Angelique Kerber was knocked out of the 2017 Brisbane International on Thursday as she was beaten 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 by Elina Svitolina in a fascinating quarter-final encounter in Australia.

There was no such trouble for defending champion and top seed Milos Raonic in the men’s draw as he eased past Argentinian Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 6-2 in the second round.

Rafael Nadal also won in straight sets on Thursday, dropping just two games against Germany’s Mischa Zverev, while women’s second-seed Dominika Cibulkova was downed 6-3, 7-5 in her quarter-final by World No. 41 Alize Cornet.

Here are the full results from the day’s action: 

For the updated schedule visit the competition’s official website.

Thursday Recap

Kerber reached …

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