The German's reward for her history-making victory will be a meeting with world number two Iga Swiatek, who made light work of Emma Raducanu in her third-round match.
No.8 seed Emma Navarro made it three three-set wins in as many matches at the Australian Open by outlasting three-time Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur in the third round.
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