Australian Open: Parks takes out Fernandez

Alycia Parks advanced to the third round of the Australian Open by defeating Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 32 seed, 7-5, 6-4 at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.

Parks, ranked No 82, will face the winner of the match between Caroline Dolehide and No 4 seed Coco Gauff next.

Ahead of her victory, the American edged out Ukrainian qualifier Daria Snigur (2-6, 6-2, 6-4).

Fernandez, ranked No 35, won against qualifier Sara Bejlek (7-6 (5), 6-2) in the previous round.

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

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