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Australian Open Daily: Stan's farewell tour marches on & Cirstea feuds with Osaka

Gigi, Russell and Andy Lapthorne react to day five of the Australian Open with Wawrinka's win, Bencic's shock defeat and Cirstea post-match exchange after defeat to Osaka.

Gigi Salmon, Russell Fuller and wheelchair tennis Grand Slam champion Andy Lapthorne discuss day five of the 2026 Australian Open from Melbourne.

Stan Wawrinka won a marathon five-set match over Arthur Gea to reach the third round in his final Australian Open at the age of 40, and there was shock in store too with qualifier Nikola Bartunkova beating tenth seed Belinda Bencic in the women's singles.

The team also react to the post-match exchange between Sorana Cirstea and Naomi Osaka, and Gigi’s look for a 5 Live tennis fashion correspondent continues.

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