Spaniard Paula Badosa, seeded No. 11, will see the second week of the Australian Open for the first time in her career. She dominated against the Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, seeded n°17 (6-4, 4-6, 6-3) at the end of a great battle, very mental, on the Kia Arena.
She is in the round of 16 of the Australian Open for the second time in her career after 2022, where she lost to Madison Keys. It is also the first time in her career that she has passed three rounds at a Grand Slam for the third consecutive time, after Wimbledon 2024 (round of 16) and the US Open 2024 (quarter-final).
“I played the first two rounds in indoor conditions and I felt the ball very well. Today, it was simply nothing like it (it was very windy; editor’s note). I’m happy to have come out of it, especially in the head,” commented the Spaniard, who fought the battle under the eyes of her boyfriend Stefanos Tsitsipas, eliminated in the first round.
The Spanish player won against the Chinese Xinyu Wang (6-3, 7-6 [5]), and had dominated Australian wild card Talia Gibson without being worried by the score (6-1, 6-0), earlier in the tournament.
-Badosa, ranked 12th in the WTA, will face the winner of the upcoming match between Serbian Olga Danilovic and American Jessica Pegula, seeded No. 7
Kostyuk, 18th WTA player in the world, leaves Melbourne in the third round after dismissing Japanese qualifier Nao Hibino (3-6, 6-3, 6-1), and German Jule Niemeier (6-3, 6-0). ). She will lose the points benefit from her 2024 quarter-final and leave the Top 20.
The other posters for the third round 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
- Aryna Sabalenka (N.1) – Clara Tauson : 7-6 [5]6-4
- Donna Vekic (N.18) – Diana Schneider (N.12) : 7-6 [4]6-7 [3]7-5
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (N.27) – Laura Siegemund : 6-1, 6-2
