Australian Open: Vekic advances to third round to face Shnaider

Croat Donna Vekic, the No 18 seed, reached the third round of the Australian Open by winning against lucky loser Harriet Dart 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.

Vekic, ranked No 19, will play Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 12 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Croat defeated Frenchwoman Diane Parry (6-4, 6-4).

Dart, ranked No 112, edged out Croat qualifier Jana Fett (7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (7)) in the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2025 season.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):

• Renata Zarazua vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Madison Keys vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Katie Boulter
• Destanee Aiava vs. Danielle Collins
• Elina Svitolina vs. Caroline Dolehide
• Eva Lys vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Erika Andreeva
• Elena Rybakina vs. Iva Jovic
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Shuai Zhang
• Rebecca Sramkova vs. Iga Swiatek
• Emma Navarro vs. Xiyu Wang
• Emma Raducanu vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Yafan Wang vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Ons Jabeur vs. Camila Osorio
• Danka Kovinic vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Paula Badosa vs. Talia Gibson: wednesday
• Marta Kostyuk (17) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-0
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Jodie Burrage: 6-3, 7-5
• Diana Shnaider beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (27) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-2
• Leylah Fernandez (30) beat Cristina Bucsa: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Naomi Osaka beat Karolina Muchova (20): 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Belinda Bencic beat Suzan Lamens: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Jessica Pegula (7) beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 6-2
• Olga Danilovic beat Liudmila Samsonova (25): 6-1, 6-2
• Mirra Andreeva (14) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8)
• Magdalena Frech (23) beat Anna Blinkova: 0-6, 6-0, 6-2
• Clara Tauson beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-3, 7-5
• Laura Siegemund beat Qinwen Zheng (5): 7-6 (3), 6-3