Australian Open: Svitolina eases past Golubic to book spot in last 16

Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 19 seed, moved into the last 16 of the Australian Open by defeating Swiss Viktorija Golubic 6-2, 6-3 at Melbourne Park.

Svitolina, ranked No 23, will play Linda Noskova next after the Czech teenager sensationally knocked out Iga Swiatek in their third-round encounter.

Earlier in the tournament, the Ukrainian won against Australian wildcard Taylah Preston (6-2, 6-2) and Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-1, 6-3).

Golubic, ranked No 85, beat Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 15 seed (7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-1) and edged out Katerina Siniakova (6-3, 2-6, 6-4) in the previous rounds.

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

• Linda Noskova beat Iga Swiatek (1): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Victoria Azarenka (18) beat Jelena Ostapenko (11): 6-1, 7-5
• Jasmine Paolini (26) beat Anna Blinkova: 7-6 (1), 6-4

• Oceane Dodin beat Clara Burel: 6-2, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (12) beat Yafan Wang: 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (8)
• Dayana Yastremska (Q) beat Emma Navarro (27): 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Sloane Stephens: 6-7 (8), 6-1, 6-4
• Barbora Krejcikova (9) beat Storm Hunter (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Maria Timofeeva (Q) beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (10): 7-6 (7), 6-3
• Magdalena Frech beat Anastasia Zakharova (Q): 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Coco Gauff (4) beat Alycia Parks: 6-0, 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk beat Elina Avanesyan: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Mirra Andreeva beat Diane Parry: 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Lesia Tsurenko (28): 6-0, 6-0
• Amanda Anisimova beat Paula Badosa: 7-5, 6-4