On Monday, Lys will face her biggest test of the fortnight: second seed Iga Swiatek, now a five-time Grand Slam champion, who routed the German 6-1 6-1 in their only prior match in 2022.
In other women’s singles action on Super Saturday, sixth seed Elena Rybakina converted her seventh match point to advance past 32nd seed Dayana Yastremska, 6-3 6-4.
The Kazakh acknowledged that she employed aggressive and, at times, risky tennis to avoid getting stuck in long rallies after becoming encumbered by a lower back issue during the match, for which she received treatment.
Elsewhere, eighth seed Emma Navarro sealed her maiden AO fourth round appearance by navigating past Ons Jabeur 6-4 3-6 6-4 in her third three-set match this week.
“I love three sets,” smiled the American, explaining that endurance was forced upon her at a young age by her father, who’d drag his four children on arduous and lengthy hikes and bike rides.
“We made up a term ‘biking and crying’ because we’d be six hours in, we’d all have tears in our eyes and just [be] exhausted trying to pedal up a hill,” she reminisced on Saturday. “I learned a lot of toughness growing up, and that’s a lot thanks to him.”
“I work really hard on my fitness, on my ability to go the distance and stick in there for as long as it takes.”
Also earning first-time appearances in the AO round of 16 were ninth seed Daria Kasatkinawho brushed past 24th seed Yulia Putintseva 7-5 6-1 and Veronika Kudermetovawho upset 15th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-4 6-2.
In night action, fourth seed Jasmine Paolini was bounced by 28th seed Elina Svitolina.
The Ukrainian staged a 2-6 6-4 6-0 comeback at Margaret Court Arena, the same court where her husband Gael Monfils had earlier caused an upset of his own by defeating fourth seed Taylor Fritz.
“It was a crazy battle today,” said the 30-year-old, who won 83 per cent of first serve points and admitted that she was inspired by Monfils, who posted a similar statistic.
Svitolina, who joked that the victory was a birthday present to her coach Andrew Bettles, attributed her success to her Ukrainian heritage.
“Fighting spirit is in our blood, and we just try to do our best every single day.”
In Saturday’s final women’s singles match-up, American Madison Keys advanced to a fourth-round meeting with Rybakina on Monday, the 19th seed beating 10th-seeded compatriot Danielle Collins 6-4 6-4 at Rod Laver Arena.
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