Australian Open: Pegula untroubled by Mertens, reaches third round

American Jessica Pegula, the No 7 seed, moved into the third round of the Australian Open by winning against Belgian Elise Mertens 6-4, 6-2 at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.

Pegula, ranked No 6, will play Serb Olga Danilovic next.

The American defeated Australian wildcard Maya Joint (6-3, 6-0) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2025 season, Mertens, ranked No 34, edged out Swiss qualifier Viktorija Golubic (4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4).

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

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