Angelique Kerber was made to fight by Camila Giorgi but managed to get past the Italian in three sets and reach the Australian Open fourth round.

Germany’s Kerber, the 2016 champion in Melbourne, won 6-2 6-7 (4-7) 6-3.

It was a battle between Giorgi’s aggression and Kerber’s defence with the Italian’s 65 unforced errors key as the 17th seed went through in two hours and eight minutes.

Kerber will face Karolina Pliskova or Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next.

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