HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Day Eight at the Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Latest news from the eighth day of the Australian Open on Monday (all times GMT): 1311 QUALIFIER ZHANG KNOCKS OUT KEYS Chinese qualifier Shuai Zhang came from a set down to knock out the United States' Madison Keys 3-6 6-3 6-3 and will meet Britain's Johanna Konta in the quarter-finals. 1106 MURRAY KNOCKS OUT TOMIC World number two Andy Murray of Britain continued his search for his first Australian Open title after he knocked out Australia's Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-4 7-6(4) to advance to the quarter-finals, where he will face eighth seed David Ferrer of Spain. 0950 FERRER THROUGH TO QUARTER-FINALS Eighth seed David Ferrer of Spain advanced to the quarter-finals after an easy straight set victory over American 10th seed John Isner 6-4 6-4 7-5. READ MORE Murray downs Tomic to reach Melbourne quarter-finals Scrambling Ferrer negates Isner's power Raonic uses inner calm to fend off Wawrinka Konta continues fairytale run in Melbourne Superman Monfils flies into first Australian quarter-final Raonic stuns former champion Wawrinka in Melbourne Australian Open order of play on Tuesday Former champion Azarenka reaches quarter-finals 0937 KONTA STUNS MAKAROVA, INTO LAST EIGHT Johanna Konta beat 21st seed Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 4-6 6-4 8-6 in a three-hour epic to become the first female British tennis player to reach the last eight of a grand slam since 1984. 0740 RAONIC DOWNS WAWRINKA IN FIVE-SET THRILLER Canadian 13th seed Milos Raonic stunned fourth seed and 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland 6-4 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-3 to progress to the quarter-final, where he will face French 23rd seed Gael Monfils. 0508 MONFILS ON HIS ACROBATIC DIVES ON COURT "Honestly I don't know, maybe something snaps in my mind and I just go for it. I'm just a competitor, I want to win every point and I think I can get it and I just fly." 0436 MONFILS INTO QUARTER-FINALS FOR FIRST TIME French 23rd seed Gael Monfils advances to the quarter-finals for the first time in his career after he beat Russia's Andrey Kuznetsov 7-5 3-6 6-3 7-6(4). He will face Canadian 13th seed Milos Raonic. 0335 AZARENKA ON HER WIN (AND THE NFL PLAYOFFS) "I played smart, I played aggressive and I took my opportunities. Can someone tell me if the Broncos won?" 0330 AZARENKA SWEEPS PAST STRYCOVA INTO LAST EIGHT Twice champion Victoria Azarenka is into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the fifth time after beating Barbora Strycova 6-2 6-4 on Rod Laver Arena. 0141 KERBER ON HER VICTORY "It was a really tough match. I was match point down in my first round match and had one foot on the plane back to Germany so I'm really glad to be in the quarter-finals." 0139 KERBER INTO QUARTER-FINALS FOR FIRST TIME Angelique Kerber reached the last eight of the Australian Open for the first time with a 6-4 6-0 victory over fellow German Annika Beck. The seventh seed, a former semi-finalist at the U.S. Open and Wimbledon, prevailed in a one-hour first set that featured seven breaks of serves before racing away with the second to set up a meeting with Victoria Azarenka. 0015 PLAY UNDERWAY ON ALL COURTS Play got underway on all courts as scheduled on a cool morning at Melbourne Park. ORDER OF PLAY ROD LAVER ARENA 7-Angelique Kerber (Germany) v Annika Beck (Germany) 14-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) v Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) Not before 0300 GMT 13-Milos Raonic (Canada) v 4-Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) From 0800 16-Bernard Tomic (Australia) v 2-Andy Murray (Britain) 15-Madison Keys (U.S.) v Zhang Shuai (China) MARGARET COURT ARENA Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia) v 23-Gael Monfils (France) Johanna Konta (Britain) v 21-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) HISENSE ARENA Not before 0730 GMT 8-David Ferrer (Spain) v 10-John Isner (U.S.) (Compiled by Nicck Mulvenney; Editing by Peter Rutherford and Martyn Herman/Mark Heinrich)