Jonathan Trott's superb direct hit to dismiss Simon Katich in the first over of the match set the tone for a thoroughly clinical performance.
And with the crowd for Sunday's match set to smash the previous best for a union match at the ground, Tuigamala expects every player to rise to the big occasion.
Djokovic came within two points of winning the match in the fourth-set tiebreaker before Nadal sent the match to a fifth set.
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Defending champion Davide Sanguinetti brushed aside fellow Italian Giorgio Galimberti 6-2 6-4 in his first-round match to set up a meeting with Max Mirnyi of Belarus.
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Anthony Kim thrashed Sergio Garcia in the first match to set the tone for the day and the home side ended up winning seven of the 12 singles matches.
The Australian Open record for the longest men's match was set in 2009, a five-setter between Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco that Nadal won in 5 hours, 14 minutes.
Wales led 6-0 at half-time but tries from O'Driscoll and Tommy Bowe in the opening minutes of the second half pulled Ireland back into the match and set up a thrilling finale.
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He is aiming high and immediately set the players the challenge to trying to match the standards set by Australia, the top rated side in Test and one-day cricket.
Nadal quickly dismissed fears his comprehensive defeat was because of an injury sustained in his marathon match against Moya on Saturday, the longest three-set match on the ATP Tour in 15 years.
Murray played well enough to win every set and actually served for the match in the fourth set.
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France had not had it all their own way - the Spaniards took the doubles into a fourth set having saved a match point in the third set tie-break.
Nalbandian, a late replacement for the injured Andy Roddick, looked set to match Federer's efforts after storming through the first set against Davydenko in 25 minutes.
Jacques Cronje was impressive, and set the tone for the match early on as he set up Eddie Fredericks for a simple try.
Karlovic broke his previous ATP record, but still lost in a gruelling five-set match to Stepanek.
In the fourth round, he won a five-hour, five-set match against Stanislas Wawrinka after trailing 6-1, 5-2.
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Ferrer was followed on court by Nicolas Almagro and John Isner who played out a thrilling five-set match.
But Dodig hit back with his first break of the match and the set eventually went to a tie-break.
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Yet he sounded remarkably upbeat after finally pushing Djokovic to the edge of defeat (they had never played a five-set match before).
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The 21-year-old Raonic, who put out defending champion Andy Murray in the semifinals, recovered to tie the match at one set all.
Phillips, who was named man of the match, also set up the first try of the game after breaking through the Barbarians' defense.
The Briton then upped a gear as a tired-looking Agassi struggled, winning a single game as Henman levelled the match winning the set 6-1.
The Argentine did not drop his service throughout the three-set match to deny the Swiss maestro a sixth title at the hard court tournament.
He lost only five more games in the three-set match against the man who has won three of his 17 Grand Slam titles by beating Murray.
He finally triumphed 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-4 in two hours and 35 minutes against the 27-year-old, who beat Serbian Janko Tipsarevic in another three-set match on Friday.
"My knee is not sore or anything, which is great because as a three-set match goes it's not going to get any tighter than that, " Philippoussis said.
Another home player in fine form was British number two James Ward , who took 10th seed Mardy Fish all the way in a gruelling five-set match.
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