Australian Open: Rybakina reaches third round, faces Yastremska next

Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 6 seed, beat American wildcard Iva Jovic 6-0, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday.

Rybakina, ranked No 7 in the world and overseen by coach Goran Ivanisevic in the stands, will face Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 32 seed, next.

The Kazakh won against Australian wildcard Emerson Jones (6-1, 6-1) ahead of her win today.

In the previous round of the tournament, Jovic, ranked No 191, defeated Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz (6-2, 6-1).

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60,627,573):

• Jaqueline Cristian beat Lucia Bronzetti: 7-5, 7-5
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (15) beat Erika Andreeva: 6-2, 6-3
• Eva Lys (LL) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Yulia Putintseva (24) beat Shuai Zhang (WC): 6-2, 6-1
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-0, 6-2
• Emma Navarro (8) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Emma Raducanu beat Amanda Anisimova: 6-3, 7-5
• Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Yafan Wang: 6-2, 6-0
• Ons Jabeur beat Camila Osorio: 7-5, 6-3
• Dayana Yastremska beat Danka Kovinic: 6-0, 6-1
• Paula Badosa (11) beat Talia Gibson (WC): 6-1, 6-0
• Donna Vekic (18) beat Harriet Dart (LL): 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk (17) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-0
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Jodie Burrage: 6-3, 7-5
• Diana Shnaider (12) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (27) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-2
• Leylah Fernandez (30) beat Cristina Bucsa: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Naomi Osaka beat Karolina Muchova (20): 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Belinda Bencic beat Suzan Lamens: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Jessica Pegula (7) beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 6-2
• Olga Danilovic beat Liudmila Samsonova (25): 6-1, 6-2
• Mirra Andreeva (14) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8)
• Magdalena Frech (23) beat Anna Blinkova: 0-6, 6-0, 6-2
• Clara Tauson beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-3, 7-5
• Laura Siegemund beat Qinwen Zheng (5): 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Renata Zarazua vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Madison Keys vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Destanee Aiava vs. Danielle Collins
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Katie Boulter
• Elina Svitolina vs. Caroline Dolehide

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