Australian Open: Badosa into third round with impressive win over Pavlyuchenkova
Paula Badosa defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday night. She’ll play American Amanda Anisimova in the next round
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 17, 2022 Spain’s Paula Badosa reacts during her first round match against Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic || 218220_0061
Spaniard Paula Badosa moved into the third round of the Australian Open by winning against Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-3 at Melbourne Park.
Badosa, ranked No 100, will play American Amanda Anisimova next.
Ahead of her victory, the Spaniard defeated American Taylor Townsend (6-1, 6-3).
Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 46, won against Croat Donna Vekic, the No 21 seed (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round.
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
- Arantxa Rus vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Mccartney Kessler vs. Linda Noskova
- Maria Sakkari vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Elise Mertens
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Brenda Fruhvirtova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Caroline Garcia vs. Magdalena Frech: wednesday
- 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
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