Australian Open: Badosa into third round with impressive win over Pavlyuchenkova

Spaniard Paula Badosa moved into the third round of the Australian Open by winning against Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-3 at Melbourne Park.

Badosa, ranked No 100, will play American Amanda Anisimova next.

Ahead of her victory, the Spaniard defeated American Taylor Townsend (6-1, 6-3).

Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 46, won against Croat Donna Vekic, the No 21 seed (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round.

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

• Clara Tauson vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Elena Rybakina vs. Anna Blinkova
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Elina Svitolina vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Emma Raducanu vs. Yafan Wang
• Emma Navarro vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Clara Burel vs. Jessica Pegula
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Katie Boulter
• Sloane Stephens vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Tatjana Maria vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Oceane Dodin vs. Martina Trevisan
• Iga Swiatek vs. Danielle Collins
• Arantxa Rus vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Mccartney Kessler vs. Linda Noskova
• Maria Sakkari vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Elise Mertens
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Brenda Fruhvirtova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Caroline Garcia vs. Magdalena Frech: wednesday
• 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