Australian Open: Cristian through to third round to face lucky loser Lys

Romanian Jaqueline Cristian beat Italian Lucia Bronzetti 7-5, 7-5 to reach the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday.

Cristian, ranked No 82, will face German lucky loser Eva Lys next.

The Romanian edged out Croat lucky loser Petra Martic (6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7)) ahead of her win today.

In the previous round of the tournament, Bronzetti, ranked No 76, won against Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 21 seed (6-2, 7-6 (2)).

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60,627,573, most recent results first):

• Beatriz Haddad Maia (15) beat Erika Andreeva: 6-2, 6-3
• Eva Lys beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Elena Rybakina (6) beat Iva Jovic (WC): 6-0, 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva (24) beat Shuai Zhang (WC): 6-2, 6-1
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-0, 6-2
• Emma Navarro (8) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Emma Raducanu beat Amanda Anisimova: 6-3, 7-5
• Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Yafan Wang: 6-2, 6-0
• Ons Jabeur beat Camila Osorio: 7-5, 6-3
• Dayana Yastremska (32) beat Danka Kovinic: 6-0, 6-1
• Paula Badosa (11) beat Talia Gibson (WC): 6-1, 6-0
• Donna Vekic (18) beat Harriet Dart (LL): 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk (17) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-0
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Jodie Burrage: 6-3, 7-5
• Diana Shnaider (12) 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
• 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