By Julian Linden
Melbourne - Roger Federer and Andre Agassi set up a tantalising quarter-final showdown between the current and former world number ones after they both won their fourth round matches at the Australian Open on Sunday.
Federer kept his Australian Open title defence on track with a commanding 6-2 6-2 7-6 win over talented Cypriot qualifier Marcos Baghdatis.
Agassi, a four-time champion in Melbourne, stayed on course for a possible fifth title with a 6-7 7-6 7-6 6-4 win over big-serving Swede Joachim Johansson.
Another mouth-watering contest is looming in the women's draw after Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova advanced to the quarter-finals against her fellow Russian and US Open holder Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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Sharapova recovered from trailing by a set and a break in the second to overcome Italian Silvia Farina Elia 4-6 6-1 6-2 while Kuznetsova overpowered her compatriot Vera Douchevina 6-4 6-2.
Second seeded Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo defeated yet another Russian, Evgenia Linetskaya 6-2 6-4, and will next play either Serena Williams or Nadia Petrova.
Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty beat former champion Thomas Johansson 7-5 6-3 6-1 to reach the last eight of a grand slam for the fourth time in his nine-year professional career.
Hrbaty will next face either Marat Safin or Olivier Rochus.
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