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Belarus's Victoria Azarenka after she was told in a post match interview that Denver Broncos beat New England Patriots to go to the Superbowl, following her win against Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova in their women's singles game on day eight of the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 25, 2016. AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN   -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE / AFP / SAEED KHAN        (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Belarus's Victoria Azarenka after she was told in a post match interview that Denver Broncos beat New England Patriots to go to the Superbowl, following her win against Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova in their women's singles game on day eight of the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 25, 2016. AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE / AFP / SAEED KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)SAEED KHAN/Getty Images

Australian Open 2016 Results: Monday Bracket Winners, Scores and Top Stats

Timothy RappJan 25, 2016

The final quarterfinals in the men's and women's draws were determined on Monday, with some truly intriguing matchups on tap for the next round of the Australian Open.

Below, we'll take a look at the day's results and some of the key stats and moments from all of the action.

Men's Results

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(13) Milos Raonic66546
(4) Stan Wawrinka43763
(16) Bernard Tomic446
(2) Andy Murray667
Andrey Kuznetsov5636
(23) Gael Monfils7367
(8) David Ferrer667
(10) John Isner445

Andy Murray continued what is starting to feel like an inevitable march to the Australian Open final on Monday, dismissing Bernard Tomic in straight sets. Murray ripped 43 winners in the match to just 22 unforced errors, while Tomic suffered through 56 unforced errors.

The match between the pair also provided one of the high points of the day.

Murray's win, paired with David Ferrer's triumph over John Isner, means the two will face off in a highly anticipated quarterfinals clash.

“David played a great match against Lleyton the other day, and he must have played well tonight to beat John Isner," Murray told Kevin Mitchell of the Guardian. "He’s been at the top of the game for nearly 10 years now. It’s going to be tricky.”

Indeed, Ferrer was excellent in beating Isner in straight sets. Despite the big American finishing with 18 aces, Ferrer pounced on his second serve, winning 15 of Isner's 24 second-serve points. He played solid, fundamental tennis, finishing with just 17 unforced errors.

He has still yet to drop a set this tournament. That, at the very least, should have Murray wary of this matchup.

In the other quarterfinal decided on Monday (which will be received with far less fanfare, more than likely), Gael Monfils will face Milos Raonic after the latter pulled off the upset of Stan Wawrinka. Raonic used a powerful serve—he ripped 24 aces and won 79 percent of his first-serve points—to get past the favored Wawrinka. 

His power game won the day, as he also blasted 82 winners, along with a strong presence at the net (he won 54 of 83 net points). If he plays like he did in getting past Wawrinka in the quarterfinals, Monfils will certainly have his hands full. 

Women's Results

(7) Angelique Kerber66
Annika Beck40
(14) Victoria Azarenka66
Barbora Strycova24
(15) Madison Keys633
Shuai Zhang366
Johanna Konta468
(21) Ekaterina Makarova646

Victoria Azarenka is not to be trifled with at the Australian Open. The two-time winner of this event cruised into the quarterfinals on Monday, dismantling Barbora Strycova and controlling the match with her serve—she won 83 percent of her first-serve points—while hitting just 14 unforced errors.

She seemed a bit preoccupied with the results from a different sport after the match, however, as The Cauldron shared on Twitter:

Azarenka is about as unstoppable as Cam Newton and her defense as impenetrable as Denver's at the moment.

As Christopher Clarey of the New York Times noted, Azarenka "is rumbling through the early rounds like a member of the elite" while adding, "Fitter, quicker and happy in her private life, she is 9-0 in 2016 after winning her opening tournament of the year in Brisbane, and she has yet to drop a set, or even come close to dropping one."

That has to worry Angelique Kerber, who will have the unenviable task of facing her in the quarterfinals. 

Madison Keys was favored to book a spot in the other semifinal, but a leg injury hampered her during her match against Zhang Shuai, and she eventually hobbled to a three-set loss. Despite being in obvious pain and often in tears during stoppages in play, Keys showed grit and resilience in refusing to retire.

Shuai will face Johanna Konta in the quarterfinals, the most unlikely matchup between the final eight women in the running for the Australian Open title.

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