Welcome to Week 2: Meet Nuno Borges, Linda Noskova & more making their Grand Slam fourth-round debut

Nuno Borges

• DOB: February 19, 1997 (26)
• Birthplace: Maia, Portugal 🇵🇹
• Height: 6’1” (1.85 m)
• Right-handed (Two-handed backhand)
• Career-high rank: No. 63 (Current: No. 69)
• Coach: Rui Machado, Hugo Anao

Best Win of Week 1: His epic comeback in four drama-filled sets sent No. 13 seed Grigor Dimitrov packing, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (6)—and sent Borges to the tennis history books too after becoming the first player from Portugal to reach the fourth round at the Australian Open.

What to Know: By reaching the third round, Borges recorded back-to-back match wins at Tour level for the first time in his career. And he did it in style, too, taking down No. 23 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Dimitrov for his first ever ATP Top 40 victories. He'll face world No. 3 Daniil Medvedev next.

What They've Said: "I'm proud to be Portuguese and be here and being competing in the biggest tournaments in the world. I hope I'm showing the younger kids that it is possible... Just living in the moment."

Linda Noskova

• DOB: November 17, 2004 (19)
• Birthplace: Vsetin, Czech Republic 🇨🇿
• Height: 5’10” (1.79 m)
• Right-handed (Two-handed backhand)
• Career-high rank: No. 40 (Current: No. 50)
• Coach: Tomas Kupa

Best Win of Week 1: Coming back from a set down against world No. 1 Iga Swiatek in the third round, Noskova blew the Australian Open draw wide open when she pulled off a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena.

What to Know: If her name sounds familiar, it's because this 19-year-old has been knocking on the door for a while: Her win against Swiatek was her fourth Top 10 victory. She'll take on No. 19 Elina Svitolina next.

What They've Said: "It was an unbelievable match for me. Playing on such a court for a first time, playing with Iga for a second time, I really wanted to win this, so I'm just glad that I did it."

WATCH: Iga Swiatek compares Linda Noskova's serve to "Sabalenka or Rybakina"

Jasmine Paolini

• DOB: January 4, 1996 (28)
• Birthplace: Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy 🇮🇹
• Height: 5’4” (1.63 m)
• Right-handed (Two-handed backhand)
• Career-high rank: No. 29 (Current: No. 31)
• Coach: Renzo Furlan

Best Win of Week 1: Italy's top-ranked woman reached the third round of a major for the first time in her career with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over No. 42 Tatjana Maria.

What to Know: Her rise began last year after she built up momentum with run to the final in Monastir and representing Italy at Billie Jean King Cup Finals. In Melbourne, she moved past Diana Schnaider, Anna Blinkova and Maria—all in straight sets—and gets Anna Kalinskaya next.

What They've Said: "My goal for the season is to try to improve my game, to keep this level, and yeah, to try to be competitive at this stage."

Anna Kalinskaya

• DOB: December 2, 1998
• Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
• Height: 5’7” (1.75 m)
• Right-handed (Two-handed backhand)
• Career-high rank: No. 51 (Current: No. 75)
• Coach: Patricia Tarabini

Best Win of Week 1: She recovered emphatically after dropping a gutting first-set tiebreak, and rallied to take down 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens 6-7 (8), 6-1, 6-4 and seal her spot in the fourth round.

What to Know: After finishing last season by reaching back-to-back WTA 125K finals—she won the title in Midland—Kalinskaya made a major statement this year in Adelaide, where she upset world No. 10 Barbora Krejcikova 7-5, 3-6, 7-5. She gets Jasmine Paolini next.

What They've Said: "It's a game, and she played really good tennis. She's a great fighter. I just had to reset after the first set and change a little bit my strategy for the next two sets."

Oceane Dodin

• DOB: October 24, 1996 (27)
• Birthplace: Lille, France 🇫🇷
• Height: 6’0” (1.83 m)
• Right-handed (Two-handed backhand)
• Career-high rank: No. 46 (Current: No. 95)
• Coach: Frederic Dodin

Best Win of Week 1: Dodin knocked out No. 29 seed Zhu Lin in the first round, 6-4, 6-3 to record a win in Melbourne for just the third time since her 2015 Grand Slam main draw debut here.

What to Know: A Top 50 player just six years ago, Dodin's progress was stalled due to injuries and illness, and she won just one Grand Slam main draw match from 2018 until until her run to the second round at Roland Garros last year. She gets No. 12 seed Zheng Qinwen next in Melbourne.

What They've Said: "I'm really happy with this ranking. I was thinking about it a little bit, I'm thinking about the cut-off for Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Of course I wanted to perform here."

Maria Timofeeva

• DOB: November 18, 2003 (20)
• Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
• Height: 5’6” (1.67 m)
• Right-handed (Two-handed backhand)
• Career-high rank: No. 122 (Current: No. 170)
• Coach: Anej Morel

Best Win of Week 1: The qualifier had to rally from a set down against Caroline Wozniacki on John Caine Arena to defeat the 2018 champion 1-6, 6-4, 6-1.

What to Know: Timofeeva nnounced herself to the tennis world last year by winning her first WTA title at the 250 event in Budapest—which she won from qualifying. A qualifier again in Melbourne, she took down No. 10 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia in the third round and will face Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk next.

What They've Said: "I'm vlogging... From (Melbourne) there will also be one. I actually expected my vlog to be a bit shorter, but now it looks like it's going to be a really long one and very I would say intense one."

Magdalena Frech

• DOB: December 15, 1997 (26)
• Birthplace: Lodz, Poland 🇵🇱
• Height: 5’7” (1.71 m)
• Right-handed (Two-handed backhand)
• Career-high rank: No. 63 (Current: No. 69)
• Coach: Andrzej Kobierski

Best Win of Week 1: After defeating home favorite Daria Saville in three dramatic sets on John Caine Arena in the first round, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5, Frech toppled No. 16 seed Caroline Garcia 6-4, 7-6 (2) in her next match.

What to Know: Frech has racked up time on court at the Australian Open, with her third-round win over Anastasia Zakharova going the distance, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, and her win against Saville clocking in at three hours and 13 minutes—one of the longest matches of the women's event. She will face reigning US Open champion Coco Gauff next.

What They've Said: "After the pre-season when I worked so hard, I told myself I want to just have fun on the court. I don't want to make pressure on (myself), and I don't want to be scared on the court. I just wanted to play my game."

Arthur Cazaux

• DOB: August 23, 2002 (21)
• Birthplace: Montpellier, France 🇫🇷
• Height: 6’0” (1.83 m)
• Right-handed (Two-handed backhand)
• Career-high rank: No. 108 (Current: No. 122)
• Coach: Stephane Huet

Best Win of Week 1: The 21-year-old upset No. 8 seed Holger Rune 7-6 (4), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the second round on Margaret Court Arena—marking only his third tour-level victory to date.

What to Know: In Melbourne, Cazaux took down Tallon Griekspoor, the No. 28 seed, to reach the fourth round, having also escaped a first-round battle against Laslo Djere 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in his opening match. He faces No. 9 seed Hubert Hurkacz next.

What They've Said: "What was the key? I think my head, my mental... It's been a few months (since) I'm training very hard. My physical condition and my head and my tennis, all these things together give me the win today."