Australian Open: Excellent Avanesyan upsets Sakkari to reach third round

Elina Avanesyan won against Maria Sakkari 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon. She’ll play Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in the next round

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Australian Open •Second round • completed
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Russian Elina Avanesyan beat Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

Avanesyan, ranked No 74, will play Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk next.

The 21-year-old Russian won against Chinese Zhuoxuan Bai (4-6, 7-5, 6-2) in the previous round.

In the previous round, Sakkari, ranked No 8, defeated Japanese Nao Hibino (6-4, 6-1).

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
  • 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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