Australian Open: Azarenka passes Tauson test to reach third round

Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 18 seed, beat Dane Clara Tauson 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to move into the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

Azarenka, ranked No 22, will play Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 11 seed, next.

The 34-year-old Belarusian won against Italian Camila Giorgi (6-1, 4-6, 6-3) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round, Tauson, ranked No 96, defeated Belgian Greet Minnen (7-5, 7-5).

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

• Jelena Ostapenko beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
• Dayana Yastremska (Q) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-3, 6-2
• Anna Blinkova beat Elena Rybakina (3): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (20)
• Viktorija Golubic beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
• Yafan Wang beat Emma Raducanu: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Elina Svitolina (19) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-1, 6-3
• Emma Navarro (27) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Clara Burel beat Jessica Pegula (5): 6-4, 6-2
• Qinwen Zheng (12) beat Katie Boulter: 6-3, 6-3
• Sloane Stephens beat Daria Kasatkina (14): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Jasmine Paolini (26) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-3
• Oceane Dodin beat Martina Trevisan: 6-4, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Danielle Collins: 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Arantxa Rus: 6-1, 7-5
• Linda Noskova beat Mccartney Kessler (WC): 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
• Elina Avanesyan beat Maria Sakkari (8): 6-4, 6-4
• Marta Kostyuk beat Elise Mertens (25): 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (6)
• Lesia Tsurenko (28) beat Rebeka Masarova: 6-3, 6-4
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Brenda Fruhvirtova (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Paula Badosa beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-2, 6-3
• Magdalena Frech beat Caroline Garcia (16): 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Anastasia Zakharova (Q) beat Kaja Juvan: 6-1, 6-1
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (10) beat Alina Korneeva (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• 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 (9) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-2, 6-2
• Alycia Parks beat Leylah Fernandez (32): 7-5, 6-4
• Storm Hunter (Q) beat Laura Siegemund: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Mirra Andreeva beat Ons Jabeur (6): 6-0, 6-2
• Maria Timofeeva (Q) beat Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 1-6, 6-4, 6-1