Kalinskaya runs past Rus in Australian Open second round

Russian Anna Kalinskaya moved into the third round of the Australian Open by defeating Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus 6-1, 7-5 at Melbourne Park on Thursday afternoon.

Kalinskaya, ranked No 75, will next play the winner of the match between American Sloane Stephens and Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 14 seed. The Russian previously defeated American qualifier Katie Volynets (6-3, 3-6, 6-2).

In the first round, Rus — ranked No 45 — ousted Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, the No 24 seed (6-1, 6-0).

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: thursday
• Mccartney Kessler vs. Linda Noskova: thursday
• 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