Australian Open: Anisimova advances past Podoroska

American Amanda Anisimova moved into the third round of the Australian Open by winning against Argentinian Nadia Podoroska 6-2, 6-3 at Melbourne Park on Wednesday night.

Anisimova, ranked No 442, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Paula Badosa and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova next.

In the previous round, the 22-year-old American defeated Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 13 seed (6-3, 6-4).

Podoroska, ranked No 65, won against Slovenian Tamara Zidansek (6-1, 6-0) in the first round.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):

• Clara Burel vs. Jessica Pegula
• Oceane Dodin vs. Martina Trevisan
• Emma Raducanu vs. Yafan Wang
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Katie Boulter
• Sloane Stephens vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Arantxa Rus vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Tatjana Maria vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Elena Rybakina vs. Anna Blinkova
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Emma Navarro vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Clara Tauson vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Elina Svitolina vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Mccartney Kessler vs. Linda Noskova
• Iga Swiatek vs. Danielle Collins
• Maria Sakkari vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Elise Mertens
• Brenda Fruhvirtova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Caroline Garcia vs. Magdalena Frech
• Paula Badosa vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Alina Korneeva vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Anastasia Zakharova vs. Kaja Juvan
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Diane Parry: wednesday
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Coco Gauff: wednesday
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Barbora Krejcikova: wednesday
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Alycia Parks: wednesday
• Laura Siegemund vs. Storm Hunter: wednesday
• Mirra Andreeva beat Ons Jabeur (6): 6-0, 6-2
• Maria Timofeeva (Q) beat Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 6-1