Australian Open: Azarenka passes Tauson test to reach third round

Victoria Azarenka won against Clara Tauson 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 and will face Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 11 seed, in the next round

Victoria Azarenka, Australian Open 2023 Victoria Azarenka (AI / Reuters / Panoramic)
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Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 18 seed, beat Dane Clara Tauson 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to move into the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

Azarenka, ranked No 22, will play Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 11 seed, next.

The 34-year-old Belarusian won against Italian Camila Giorgi (6-1, 4-6, 6-3) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round, Tauson, ranked No 96, defeated Belgian Greet Minnen (7-5, 7-5).

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

  • Jelena Ostapenko beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
  • Dayana Yastremska (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-3, 6-2
  • Anna Blinkova beat Elena Rybakina (3): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (20)
  • Viktorija Golubic beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
  • Yafan Wang beat Emma Raducanu: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
  • Elina Svitolina (19) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 6-3
  • Emma Navarro (27) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
  • Clara Burel beat Jessica Pegula (5): 6-4, 6-2
  • Qinwen Zheng (12) beat Katie Boulter: 6-3, 6-3
  • Sloane Stephens beat Daria Kasatkina (14): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
  • Jasmine Paolini (26) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-3
  • Oceane Dodin beat Martina Trevisan: 6-4, 6-4
  • Iga Swiatek (1) beat Danielle Collins: 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
  • Anna Kalinskaya beat Arantxa Rus: 6-1, 7-5
  • Linda Noskova beat Mccartney Kessler (WC): 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
  • Elina Avanesyan beat Maria Sakkari (8): 6-4, 6-4
  • Marta Kostyuk beat Elise Mertens (25): 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (6)
  • Lesia Tsurenko (28) beat Rebeka Masarova: 6-3, 6-4
  • Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (Q): 6-3, 6-2
  • Paula Badosa beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-2, 6-3
  • Magdalena Frech beat Caroline Garcia (16): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
  • Anastasia Zakharova (Q) beat Kaja Juvan: 6-1, 6-1
  • Beatriz Haddad Maia (10) beat Alina Korneeva (Q): 6-1, 6-2
  • Amanda Anisimova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-2, 6-3
  • Diane Parry beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 7-5, 6-2
  • Coco Gauff (4) beat Caroline Dolehide: 7-6 (2), 6-2
  • Barbora Krejcikova (9) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-2, 6-2
  • Alycia Parks beat Leylah Fernandez (32): 7-5, 6-4
  • Storm Hunter (Q) beat Laura Siegemund: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
  • Mirra Andreeva beat Ons Jabeur (6): 6-0, 6-2
  • Maria Timofeeva (Q) beat Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 6-1

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