World No. 2 Iga Swiatek left only two games this Thursday to the Slovak Rebecca Sramkova (49th) on the road to the 3rd round of the Australian Open, of which the American Emma Navarro (8th) almost was privately owned by the Chinese Wang Xiyu (94ᵉ).
On a Rod Laver Arena swept by a chilly wind, the world No. 2 Iga Swiatek didn't have time to catch a cold, sending off Rebecca Sramkova 6-0, 6-2 in about an hour.
“I felt very solid, I played my game very efficiently”congratulated the Pole just after her express victory, “glad to have kept (her) concentration”.
In the 3rd round, the five-time Grand Slam winner will face the Briton Emma Raducanuwinner of theUS Open in 2021, but has since fallen to 61st place.
The journey ofEmma Navarro (8ᵉ) to Melbourne is more tortuous: the semi-finalist of the last US Open once again needed three sets to win in the 2nd round against Wang Xiyudominated 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
For his entry into the running against his compatriot Peyton Stearns (46ᵉ), Navarro had already narrowly emerged after a 3h20 fight, winning 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5. In the next round, the American will face the Tunisian Our Jabeur (39th), three-time Grand Slam finalist.
The Italian Jasmine Paolini (4ᵉ) must play her 2nd round this Thursday in the second part of the evening on the Rod Laver Arena, against the Mexican Renata Zarazu (70ᵉ).
Monfils received 7/7, while waiting for Sinner
At over 38 years old, the French veteran Gaël Monfils continued the momentum of his recent victory at the tournamentAucklandthe 13th title of his career, to dismiss the German this Thursday Daniel Altmaier (101ᵉ) in the 2nd round: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (3).
-Apart from Novak Djokovic (7ᵉ), tenfold winner at Melbourneno active player has reached the 3rd round so often in theAustralian Open than the Parisian, who achieved this performance for the 12th time this Thursday.
He will face the world No. 4 in the next round Taylor Fritz. Finalist of the last US Openthe American won 6-2, 6-1, 6-0 in the 2nd round against the Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin (150ᵉ). For his entry into the running, Fritz had already crushed his compatriot Jenson Brooksby (unclassified) leaving him with only five games.
At the start of the evening, the Italian title holder Jannik Sinner (1ᵉʳ) will enter the court of the Rod Laver Arena to play his 2nd round against the Australian Tristan Schoolkate (173ᵉ), beneficiary of an invitation from the organizers of the first Grand Slam of the season.
On the neighboring court of the Margaret Court Arena, the Russian Daniil Medvedev (5ᵉ) is expected in the second part of the evening to face the young American talent in the 2nd round Learner Tien (121st at 19 years old).
In the first round, the finalist of three of the last four editions of theAustralian Open took five sets to get rid of the modest Thai Kasidit Samrej (418ᵉ).
Sensation of the start of the tournament after his clear victory against Andrey Rublev (9ᵉ), the young Brazilian Joao Fonseca (112th at 18 years old) will try to confirm this thunderous entry into the running by measuring himself against the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (55ᵉ) on a short annex.
