“On Thursday, the matches of the second round took place in the lower part of the tournament grid”, — write: sport.ua
The second seed and one of the main favorites for the trophy Iga Svyontek dealt with Maria Bouzkova in two sets. Next, Iga will fight with the “neutral” Anna Kalinska.
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Current Australian Open champion Madison Keys defeated Ashlyn Kruger. In the third round of the major, the American will take the court with Karolina Pliskova, who defeated Janis Tjen.
World number 10 Belinda Bencic suffered an unexpected defeat from Nikola Bartunkova. The young Czech will meet Elise Mertens in the round of 16.
Among the top 10 female tennis players, Jessica Pegula (victory over McCartney Kessler), Amanda Anisimova (victory over Kateryna Sinyakova) and Yelena Rybakina (victory over Varvara Grachova) also won their matches on Thursday.
A day earlier, at the Aus Open, the second round matches were held in the upper part of the grid, according to the results of which, in particular, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina made it further.
Australian Open 2026. Pairs of 1/16 finals
The upper part of the grid
Arina Sobolenko [1] – 
Anastasia Potapova
Victoria Mboko [17] – 
Clara Towson
Zeynep Sonmez [Q] – 
Yulia Putintseva
Iva Jovich [29] – 
Jasmine Paolini [7]
Coco Goff [3] – Haley Baptiste
Karolina Mukhova [19] – 
Magda Lynette
Elina Svitolina [12] – Diana Schneider [23]
Yelena-Gabriela Ruse – Mirra Andreeva [8]
The lower part of the grid
Jessica Pegula [6] – 🏳️ Oksana Selehmetyeva
Karolina Plishkova – Madison Keys [9]
Linda Noskova [13] – 
Wang Xinyu
Peyton Stearns – Amanda Anisimova [4]
Yelena Rybakina [5] – Teresa Valentova
Elise Mertens [21] – Nikola Bartunkova [Q]
Naomi Osaka [16] – 
Madison Inglis [Q]
🏳️ Anna Kalinskaya [31] – Iga Svyontek [2]