Australian Open: Parry upsets 30th seed Wang to reach second round
The Frenchwoman will play Russian Kamilla Rakhimova in the next round
Diane Parry (Zuma / Panoramic)
Frenchwoman Diane Parry moved into the second round of the Australian Open by winning against Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 30 seed, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 at Melbourne Park on Sunday.
This is the first time that Parry has won a match in the Australian Open main draw in three appearances so far.
Parry, ranked No 70, will play Russian Kamilla Rakhimova next.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58,910,000):
- Amanda Anisimova beat Liudmila Samsonova (13): 6-3, 6-4
- Maria Sakkari (8) beat Nao Hibino: 6-4, 6-1
- Brenda Fruhvirtova (Q) beat Ana Bogdan: 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Maria Timofeeva (Q) beat Alize Cornet (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Alycia Parks beat Daria Snigur (Q): 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Tamara Korpatsch beat Jodie Burrage: 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Elina Avanesyan beat Zhuoxuan Bai: 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Barbora Krejcikova (9) beat Mai Hontama (WC): 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Lesia Tsurenko (28) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Kamilla Rakhimova beat Emina Bektas: 6-4, 6-4
- Leylah Fernandez (32) beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Rebecca Marino vs. Jessica Pegula
- Elena Rybakina vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Petra Martic vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Emma Raducanu vs. Shelby Rogers
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Camila Giorgi vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Emma Navarro vs. Xiyu Wang
- Danielle Collins vs. Angelique Kerber
- Iga Swiatek vs. Sofia Kenin
- Aleksandra Krunic vs. Clara Burel
- Renata Zarazua vs. Martina Trevisan
- Lin Zhu vs. Oceane Dodin
- Yafan Wang vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Katie Boulter vs. Yue Yuan
- Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Sloane Stephens vs. Olivia Gadecki
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Anna Blinkova
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Lulu Sun
- Greet Minnen vs. Clara Tauson
- Caroline Garcia vs. Naomi Osaka
- Ons Jabeur vs. Yulia Starodubtseva
- Taylor Townsend vs. Paula Badosa
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Bernarda Pera
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Katie Volynets
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Arantxa Rus
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Magdalena Frech vs. Daria Saville
- Mayar Sherif vs. Elise Mertens
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Donna Vekic
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Claire Liu
- Diana Shnaider vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Tatjana Maria vs. Camila Osorio
- Fiona Ferro vs. Mccartney Kessler
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Laura Siegemund
- Kaja Juvan vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Coco Gauff
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Tamara Zidansek
- Storm Hunter vs. Sara Errani
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Kayla Day vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Elina Svitolina vs. Taylah Preston
- Linda Noskova vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Ella Seidel vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Magda Linette vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Leolia Jeanjean
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Alina Korneeva
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