Australian Open: Ostapenko knocks out Tomljanovic to move into third round
Jelena Ostapenko beat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 and will play the winner of the match between Clara Tauson and Victoria Azarenka in the next round
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 24, 2023 Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko in action during her quarter final match against Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 11 seed, advanced to the third round of the Australian Open by edging out Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 at Melbourne Park.
Ostapenko, ranked No 10, will play the winner of the match between Dane Clara Tauson and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 18 seed, next.
The Latvian won against Australian wildcard Kimberly Birrell (7-6 (5), 6-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round, Tomljanovic, ranked No 271, edged out Croat Petra Martic (7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4).
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):
- Clara Tauson vs. Victoria Azarenka: thursday
- Dayana Yastremska (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-3, 6-2
- Anna Blinkova beat Elena Rybakina (3): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (20)
- Viktorija Golubic beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
- Yafan Wang beat Emma Raducanu: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Elina Svitolina (19) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 6-3
- Emma Navarro (27) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- 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
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