Australian Open: Svitolina dispatches Tomova to reach third round

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 19 seed, won against Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova 6-1, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

Svitolina, ranked No 23, will face the winner of the match between Katerina Siniakova and Swiss Viktorija Golubic next.

In the previous round, the Ukrainian beat Australian wildcard Taylah Preston (6-2, 6-2).

Tomova, ranked No 70, defeated American Kayla Day (6-4, 6-2) in the first round.

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

• Clara Tauson vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Elena Rybakina vs. Anna Blinkova
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Viktorija Golubic: thursday
• Emma Raducanu vs. Yafan Wang: thursday
• Emma Navarro vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto: thursday
• 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