Australian Open: Aussie hope Storm Hunter keeps the dream alive in Melbourne

Australian qualifier Storm Hunter reached the third round of the Australian Open by beating German Laura Siegemund 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 at Melbourne Park on Wednesday night.

Hunter, ranked No 180, will play No 9 seed Barbora Krejcikova next.

Ahead of her victory, the Australian won against Italian Sara Errani (6-4, 6-3).

Siegemund, ranked No 78, edged out Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 17 seed (6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (9)) in the previous 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
• Anastasia Zakharova vs. Kaja Juvan: wednesday
• Alina Korneeva vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia: wednesday
• 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 beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-2, 6-2
• Alycia Parks beat Leylah Fernandez (32): 7-5, 6-4
• Mirra Andreeva beat Ons Jabeur (6): 6-0, 6-2
• Maria Timofeeva (Q) beat Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 6-1