Australian Open: Aussie hope Storm Hunter keeps the dream alive in Melbourne
Storm Hunter beat Laura Siegemund 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday night. She’ll face No 9 seed Barbora Krejcikova in the next round
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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
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