Australian Open: Pavlyuchenkova books spot in last 16

Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 27 seed, reached the last 16 of the Australian Open by winning against German Laura Siegemund 6-1, 6-2 at Melbourne Park on Friday.

Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 32, will face the winner of the match between Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 12 seed, and Croat Donna Vekic, the No 18 seed, next.

The 33-year-old Russian defeated Chinese Yue Yuan (6-4, 4-6, 6-3) and Anastasia Potapova (7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

In the previous rounds of the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2025 season, Siegemund, ranked No 97, edged out American Hailey Baptiste (4-6, 7-5, 6-4) and beat Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 5 seed (7-6 (3), 6-3).

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other third-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):

• Emma Raducanu vs. Iga Swiatek
• Eva Lys vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Emma Navarro vs. Ons Jabeur
• Elina Svitolina vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Madison Keys vs. Danielle Collins
• Elena Rybakina vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Olga Danilovic vs. Jessica Pegula
• Coco Gauff vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Naomi Osaka vs. Belinda Bencic
• Magdalena Frech vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Paula Badosa vs. Marta Kostyuk: friday
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Clara Tauson: friday
• Diana Shnaider vs. Donna Vekic: friday