Russian qualifier Timofeeva ends Wozniacki’s Australian Open

Russian qualifier Maria Timofeeva reached the third round of the Australian Open by winning against Dane wildcard Caroline Wozniacki 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 at Melbourne Park on Wednesday night.

Timofeeva, ranked No 170, will face the winner of the match between Russian qualifier Alina Korneeva and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 10 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the 20-year-old Russian defeated French wildcard Alize Cornet (6-2, 6-4).

Wozniacki, ranked No 252, benefited from the retirement of Pole Magda Linette, the No 20 seed (6-2, 2-0) in the previous round.

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

• Clara Burel vs. Jessica Pegula
• Oceane Dodin vs. Martina Trevisan
• Emma Raducanu vs. Yafan Wang
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Katie Boulter
• Sloane Stephens vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Arantxa Rus vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Tatjana Maria vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Elena Rybakina vs. Anna Blinkova
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Emma Navarro vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Clara Tauson vs. Victoria Azarenka
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Katerina Siniakova vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Elina Svitolina vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Mccartney Kessler vs. Linda Noskova
• Iga Swiatek vs. Danielle Collins
• Maria Sakkari vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Elise Mertens
• Brenda Fruhvirtova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Lesia Tsurenko vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Caroline Garcia vs. Magdalena Frech
• Paula Badosa vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Alina Korneeva vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Anastasia Zakharova vs. Kaja Juvan
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Nadia Podoroska
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Diane Parry
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Coco Gauff
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Alycia Parks
• Laura Siegemund vs. Storm Hunter
• Mirra Andreeva beat Ons Jabeur (6): 6-0, 6-2