Australian Open: Ruthless Sabalenka double-bagels No 28 seed Tsurenko

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, beat Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, the No 28 seed, 6-0, 6-0 to move into the last 16 of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Friday.

The defending champion took just 52 minutes to demolish the world No 33, crushing 16 winners and just seven unforced errors across the match. She becomes the first woman to deliver a double-bagel at the 2024 Australian Open.

Sabalenka has now won 10 consecutive matches at the Australian Open, having waltzed through her opening two matches as well.

Sabalenka coming for Swiatek’s bagel factory

“Last year Iga [Swiatek] won so many sets 6-0,” Sabalenka said on court after the match, appearing to have barely broken a sweat. “This is one of my goals, to try to get closer to her.

“I’m just so happy with my level, I just hope I can keep going like this or better.”

Sabalenka, ranked No 2, will face American Amanda Anisimova next.

The Belarusian won against German qualifier Ella Seidel (6-0, 6-1) and qualifier Brenda Fruhvirtova (6-3, 6-2) in the previous rounds. Earlier in the tournament, Tsurenko, ranked No 33, won against Italian Lucia Bronzetti (3-6, 7-5, 6-3) and Spaniard Rebeka Masarova (6-3, 6-4).

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):

• Oceane Dodin vs. Clara Burel
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Yafan Wang
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Sloane Stephens
• Anna Blinkova vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Emma Navarro vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Elina Svitolina vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Iga Swiatek vs. Linda Noskova
• Storm Hunter vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Maria Timofeeva vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Diane Parry
• Alycia Parks vs. Coco Gauff
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Magdalena Frech vs. Anastasia Zakharova
• Amanda Anisimova beat Paula Badosa: 7-5, 6-4