Ponting, 33, needed 61 to become the third Australian to reach the milestone after Allan Border and Steve Waugh.
Rahul Dravid became only the third man to reach 12, 000 Test runs, after Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, on his way to 43.
The Avalanche leapfrogged over the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs to reach third place, up from sixth last year.
After coming to the crease late on Wednesday afternoon, he had batted throughout the whole of the third day to reach the close on 109.
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In a near-flawless display on a friendly wicket, he became the third Indian to reach three figures with a straight drive past fast bowler Chanaka Welegedara.
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In all, Williams hit six aces and won 32 of 39 service points to reach the third round.
That was one of just 12 matches in Test history that have failed to reach a third day.
Italy can reach their third final in four years on Sunday when Pennetta faces Kuznetsova and Schiavone meets Chakvetadze.
Egypt assistant coach Shawki Gharib revelled in the win, saying his side deserved to reach their third consecutive final.
Sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko was the first man to reach the third round, seeing off Igor Kunitsyn 6-4 6-2.
And he said he would love to help the Bulls reach the third round and then draw his parent club.
Elsewhere, fifth seed Robin Soderling of Sweden beat Italian wild card Paolo Lorenzi 6-1 7-5 to reach the third round.
And this year, he upset 22nd seeded Florian Mayer and top 100 player Flavio Cipolla to reach the third round.
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Reigning Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova hit two aces and 15 winners to beat Angela Haynes 6-1 6-2 and reach the third round.
Andy Murray continued his quest for an Olympic singles medal by beating Finland's Jarkko Nieminen to reach the third round at Wimbledon.
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Russian second seed Mikhail Youzhny defeated German Andreas Beck 6-3 6-3 to reach the third round, where he faces Jan Hajek of the Czech Republic.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won in straight sets to reach the third round.
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Novak Djokovic dispensed with No. 4-seeded David Ferrer 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in the night match, saying he "played perfectly" to reach his third consecutive Australian Open title match.
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