Polish tennis player Iga Sfjontek advanced to the second round of the Australian Open tonight, after defeating the 50th player in the world, the Czech Katerina Siniakova, in Melbourne after two sets, 6:3, 6:4.
The match lasted one hour and 23 minutes.
Sfjontek, the second player in the world, took the Czech tennis player's serve four times, while Sinijakova won two breaks.
In the next round, Sfjontek will play against the 49th ranked tennis player in the world, Slovakian Rebeka Sramkova, who defeated the 60th ranked player in the world, American Katie Volinec, after three sets, 3:6, 6:2, 6:2.
The American tennis player Koko Goff advanced to the second round, after defeating her compatriot, the 81st player in the world, Sofia Kenin, after two sets, 6:3, 6:3.
The match lasted one hour and 21 minutes.
Goff, the world's third-ranked tennis player, took her compatriot's serve four times, while Kenin won one break.
In the next round, Goff will play against the 173rd tennis player in the world, British Jody Burrage, who defeated the 149th ranked player in the world, French Leolie Jeanjean, after two sets, 6:2, 6:4.
Croatian tennis player Jana Fet failed to advance to the second round, as she lost to the 112th player in the world, British Harriet Dart, after three sets, 5:7, 6:2, 6:7.
The match lasted three hours and 11 minutes.
Fet, the 133rd player in the world, took the British player's serve 10 times, while Dart won nine breaks.
In the next round, Dart will play against the 19th tennis player in the world, Croatian Dona Vekić.
Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka failed to advance to the second round of the Australian Open, losing to world number 76 Italian Lucia Bronzetti in straight sets, 2:6, 6:7, tonight in Melbourne.
The match lasted two hours and six minutes.
Azarenka, the 24th player in the world, took the Italian's serve twice, while Bronzetti won four breaks.
The Belarusian tennis player won five points directly from the serve, while Bronzetti recorded eight aces.
In the next round, the bronze players will play against the winner of the duel between the 131st tennis player in the world Petra Martić from Croatia and the 82nd player in the world from Romania Žaklin Kristijan.
Azarenka, a former world number one, won the Australian Open title in 2012 and 2013.
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