Australian Open: Golubic edges past Siniakova to make third round

Swiss Viktorija Golubic reached the third round of the Australian Open by edging out Katerina Siniakova 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 at Melbourne Park.

Golubic, ranked No 85, will face Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 19 seed, next.

In the previous round, the Swiss defeated Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 15 seed (7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-1).

Siniakova, ranked No 49, won against Romanian Jaqueline Cristian (6-2, 7-5) in the first round.

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

• Clara Tauson vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Dayana Yastremska: thursday
• Elena Rybakina vs. Anna Blinkova: thursday
• Yafan Wang beat Emma Raducanu: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Elina Svitolina 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