Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka qualified for the round of 6 at the Australian Open after beating Latvian Jelena Ostapenko 1:7, 5:XNUMX.
The double champion of the Australian Open, currently the 22nd tennis player in the world, celebrated against the tenth on the WTA list after an hour and 24 minutes of play.
In the next round, Azarenka will play against Ukrainian qualifier Diana Jastremska, who equaled her best performance in Grand Slam tournaments by winning against American Emma Navarro with 6:2, 2:6, 6:1.
A place in the round of 45 was secured by the Russian Ana Kalinskaja who, after two hours and 6 minutes of fighting, defeated the American Sloane Stevens with 7:8(6), 1:6, 4:7. Her next opponent will be Italian Jasmin Paolini, who eliminated Russian Anna Blinkova 6:1(6), 4:XNUMX.
In the French duel, Osean Doden was better than Clara Birel with 6:2, 6:4 and in the round of 6 she will play against Chinese Zhang Qinwen, who won against compatriot Wang Yefen with 4:2, 6:7, 6:8(XNUMX). .
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