Australian Open: Avanesyan moves into second round
Elina Avanesyan won against Zhuoxuan Bai 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 on Sunday night. She’ll play the winner of the match between Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed, and Japanese Nao Hibino in the next round
Elina Avanesyan at the 2023 US Open – Zuma / Panoramic
Russian Elina Avanesyan defeated Chinese Zhuoxuan Bai 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Sunday afternoon.
The Russian, who reached the round of 16 at Roland-Garros last year, made her successful Australian Open main draw debut with a come from behind victory that lasted two hours and 27 minutes on Court No 7.
She converted both break points she faced in the final set to pull away from the 21-year-old Chinese.
Avanesyan converted eight of 13 break points for the contest.
Avanesyan, ranked No 71, will face the winner of the match between Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed, and Japanese Nao Hibino next.
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other first-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):
- Rebecca Marino vs. Jessica Pegula
- Aleksandra Krunic vs. Clara Burel
- Renata Zarazua vs. Martina Trevisan
- Lin Zhu vs. Oceane Dodin
- Yafan Wang vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Emma Raducanu vs. Shelby Rogers
- Katie Boulter vs. Yue Yuan
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Sloane Stephens vs. Olivia Gadecki
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Anna Blinkova
- Elena Rybakina vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Lulu Sun
- Emma Navarro vs. Xiyu Wang
- Camila Giorgi vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Greet Minnen vs. Clara Tauson
- Petra Martic vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Danielle Collins vs. Angelique Kerber
- Iga Swiatek vs. Sofia Kenin
- Caroline Garcia vs. Naomi Osaka
- Ons Jabeur vs. Yulia Starodubtseva
- Taylor Townsend vs. Paula Badosa
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Bernarda Pera
- Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Katie Volynets
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Arantxa Rus
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Anastasia Zakharova
- Magdalena Frech vs. Daria Saville
- Mayar Sherif vs. Elise Mertens
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Donna Vekic
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Claire Liu
- Diana Shnaider vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Tatjana Maria vs. Camila Osorio
- Fiona Ferro vs. Mccartney Kessler
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Laura Siegemund
- Kaja Juvan vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Coco Gauff
- Nadia Podoroska vs. Tamara Zidansek
- Storm Hunter vs. Sara Errani
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Kayla Day vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Elina Svitolina vs. Taylah Preston
- Linda Noskova vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Ella Seidel vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Magda Linette vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Leolia Jeanjean
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Diane Parry vs. Xinyu Wang
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Alina Korneeva
- Maria Sakkari vs. Nao Hibino: sunday
- Ana Bogdan vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova: sunday
- Alize Cornet vs. Maria Timofeeva: sunday
- Alycia Parks beat Daria Snigur (Q): 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Tamara Korpatsch beat Jodie Burrage: 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Barbora Krejcikova (9) beat Mai Hontama (WC): 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Lesia Tsurenko (28) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Kamilla Rakhimova beat Emina Bektas: 6-4, 6-4
- Leylah Fernandez (32) beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 7-6 (5), 6-2
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