Australian Open: Paolini eases past Zarazua to advance into third round

Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 4 seed, advanced to the third round of the Australian Open by winning against Mexican Renata Zarazua 6-2, 6-3 at Melbourne Park.

Paolini, ranked No 4, will face Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 28 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Italian beat Chinese qualifier Sijia Wei (6-0, 6-4).

Zarazua, ranked No 70, won against American Taylor Townsend (6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-2) in the previous round of the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2025 season.

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 60.627.573, most recent results first):

• Danielle Collins (10) beat Destanee Aiava (Q): 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2
• Madison Keys (19) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 7-6 (1), 2-6, 7-5
• Veronika Kudermetova beat Katie Boulter (22): 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-2
• Elina Svitolina beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-1, 6-4
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Lucia Bronzetti: 7-5, 7-5
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (15) beat Erika Andreeva: 6-2, 6-3
• Eva Lys (LL) beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Elena Rybakina (6) beat Iva Jovic (WC): 6-0, 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva (24) beat Shuai Zhang (WC): 6-2, 6-1
• Iga Swiatek (2) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-0, 6-2
• Emma Navarro (8) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Emma Raducanu beat Amanda Anisimova: 6-3, 7-5
• Daria Kasatkina (9) beat Yafan Wang: 6-2, 6-0
• Ons Jabeur beat Camila Osorio: 7-5, 6-3
• Dayana Yastremska (32) beat Danka Kovinic: 6-0, 6-1
• Paula Badosa (11) beat Talia Gibson (WC): 6-1, 6-0
• Donna Vekic (18) beat Harriet Dart (LL): 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk (17) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-0
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Jodie Burrage: 6-3, 7-5
• Diana Shnaider (12) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 6-4, 7-5
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (27) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-2
• Leylah Fernandez (30) beat Cristina Bucsa: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Naomi Osaka beat Karolina Muchova (20): 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
• Belinda Bencic beat Suzan Lamens: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Jessica Pegula (7) beat Elise Mertens: 6-4, 6-2
• Olga Danilovic beat Liudmila Samsonova (25): 6-1, 6-2
• Mirra Andreeva (14) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8)
• Magdalena Frech (23) beat Anna Blinkova: 0-6, 6-0, 6-2
• Clara Tauson beat Tatjana Maria: 6-2, 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-3, 7-5
• Laura Siegemund beat Qinwen Zheng (5): 7-6 (3), 6-3