Australian Open Day 6: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic through, Simona Halep’s epic, Ash Barty out and Angelique Kerber new women’s favourite

ROGER Federer had all the answers in his clash with Richard Gasquet and then added the exclamation point with his best ‘smoldering intensity’ look from the film Jumanji. RE-CAP ALL THE DAY 6 ACTION

ROGER Federer ripped through Richard Gasquet in straight sets and then showed his best ‘smoldering intensity’ look for the fans at the Australian Open.

The Fed Express was dominant in his 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 win over the Frenchman, and then extended his Twitter banter with ‘Jumanji’ star The Rock, imitating his character, Dr Bravestone, much to the joy of the Rod Laver Arena crowd. Earlier, Angelique Kerber shot to outright favouritism with a crushing win over Maria Sharapova, Ash Barty was beaten by Japan’s next big thing, Simona Halep and Lauren Davis fought out a near four-hour epic and Novak Djokovic ploughed into the fourth round. RE-CAP ALL THE ACTION AND SCORES FROM DAY 6 IN THE LIVE BLOG BELOW

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