Australian Open: Sabalenka moves into third round, dismisses 16-year-old Fruhvirtova
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Brenda Fruhvirtova 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday night. She’ll face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, the No 28 seed, and Spaniard Rebeka Masarova in the next round
Aryna Sabalenka at the 2023 Australian Open (Icon SMI/Panoramic)
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, won against qualifier Brenda Fruhvirtova 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the third round of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday night.
Sabalenka, ranked No 2, will face the winner of the match between Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko, the No 28 seed, and Spaniard Rebeka Masarova next.
Ahead of her victory, the Belarusian defeated German qualifier Ella Seidel (6-0, 6-1).
Fruhvirtova, ranked No 107, won against Romanian Ana Bogdan (2-6, 6-4, 6-3) in the previous round.
The teenager had been at 3-3 with Sabalenka in the first set, but the defending champion’s experience saw her through.
“For someone 16 years old she’s doing an incredible job. I wish I had been on that level when I was 16,” said the Belarusian on court afterwards.
“I’m super-happy with the win. I tried to just fight for every point.”
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):
- Clara Tauson vs. Victoria Azarenka
- Elena Rybakina vs. Anna Blinkova
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Katerina Siniakova vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Elina Svitolina vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Emma Raducanu vs. Yafan Wang
- Emma Navarro vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Clara Burel vs. Jessica Pegula
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Katie Boulter
- Sloane Stephens vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Tatjana Maria vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Oceane Dodin vs. Martina Trevisan
- Iga Swiatek vs. Danielle Collins
- Arantxa Rus vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Mccartney Kessler vs. Linda Noskova
- Maria Sakkari vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Elise Mertens
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Rebeka Masarova: wednesday
- 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
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