Parrizas Diaz sets third-round clash with Vekic

Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz moved into the third round of the Australian Open by winning against Russian Anastasia Potapova 6-3, 6-2 at Melbourne Park on Thursday night.

Parrizas Diaz, ranked No 75, will face Croat Donna Vekic next.

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The Spaniard defeated Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 14 seed (7-6 (11), 6-2) in the previous round.

In the previous round, Potapova, ranked No 44, beat American Sloane Stephens (7-6 (2), 6-4).

Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 24.297.942, most recent results first):

• Marketa Vondrousova vs. Ons Jabeur
• Claire Liu vs. Belinda Bencic
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Caroline Garcia: thursday
• Shuai Zhang vs. Petra Martic: thursday
• Linda Fruhvirtova beat Kimberly Birrell (WC): 6-3, 6-2
• Karolina Pliskova (30) beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-0, 7-5
• Donna Vekic beat Liudmila Samsonova (18): 6-3, 6-0
• Camila Giorgi beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Laura Siegemund: thursday
• Magda Linette beat Anett Kontaveit (16): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Elise Mertens (26) beat Lauren Davis: 6-4, 6-3
• Aryna Sabalenka (5) beat Shelby Rogers: 6-3, 6-1
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (19) beat Taylor Townsend (WC): 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Katie Volynets (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova (9): 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
• Victoria Azarenka (24) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-1, 6-0
• Danielle Collins (13) beat Karolina Muchova: 6-7 (1), 6-2, 7-6 (6)
• Bernarda Pera beat Qinwen Zheng (29): 6-4, 6-4
• Marta Kostyuk beat Olivia Gadecki (WC): 6-2, 6-1
• Elena Rybakina (22) beat Kaja Juvan: 6-2, 6-1
• Coco Gauff (7) beat Emma Raducanu: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Kateryna Baindl beat Catherine McNally: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Madison Keys (10) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 6-2
• Barbora Krejcikova (20) beat Clara Burel (Q): 6-4, 6-1
• Cristina Bucsa (Q) beat Bianca Andreescu: 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4
• Lin Zhu beat Jil Teichmann (32): 6-2, 6-2
• Jelena Ostapenko (17) beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-0
• Anhelina Kalinina beat Petra Kvitova (15): 7-5, 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Maria Sakkari (6) beat Diana Shnaider (Q): 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Camila Osorio: 6-2, 6-3

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