Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, seeded No. 27, was the first player to qualify for the second week of the 2025 Australian Open, on the night of Thursday to Friday. She dominated the German Laura Siegemund without being worried by the score (6-1, 6-2) and thus took advantage of the opening created in this part of the table by the elimination of the 2024 finalist, Qinwen Zheng.
After two tighter rounds against the Chinese Yue Yuan (6-4, 4-6, 6-3), and against Anastasia Potapova (7-6 [2]2-6, 6-2), Pavlyuchenkova this time proposed a much more authoritarian copy. At 33, she returns to the third round of the Australian Open for the first time since 2022.
Pavlyuchenkova, ranked 32nd on the WTA, will face the winner of the match between No. 12 seed Diana Shnaider of Russia and No. 18 seed Donna Vekic of Croatia in the Grand Slam round of 16 Australian.
Other third round matches at the Australian Open (Grand Slam, Melbourne Park, hard, 60,627,573 USD, results displayed from newest to oldest):
- Emma Raducanu – Iga Swiatek: to play
- Eva Lys – Jaqueline Cristian: to play
- Yulia Putintseva – Daria Kasatkina : to play
- Emma Navarro – Ons Jabeur: to play
- Elina Svitolina – Jasmine Paolini: to be played
- Beatriz Haddad Maia – Veronika Kudermetova : à jouer
- Madison Keys – Danielle Collins: to play
- Elena Rybakina – Dayana Yastremska : à jouer
- Olga Danilovic – Jessica Pegula: scheduled for sale
- Coco Gauff – Leylah Fernandez: scheduled for Friday
- Naomi Osaka – Belinda Bencic: scheduled for Friday
- Magdalena Frech – Mirra Andreeva: scheduled for Friday
- Paula Badosa – Marta Kostyuk: scheduled for Friday
- Aryna Sabalenka – Clara Tauson: scheduled for Friday
- Diana Shnaider – Donna Vekic: scheduled for Friday
