MINSK, 18 January (BelTA) – World number 56 Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus secured a second win to reach the Australian Open third round for the first time in her career, BelTA informs.
The Belarusian saw off world number 30 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia 6-3, 6-1 in 56 minutes. Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Christina McHale of the United States (World No.73) 6-3, 6-2 in the opener. The Belarusian will next face world number 8 Caroline Garcia of France.
In the men's doubles event Andrei Vasilevsky of Belarus and Hans Podlipnik Castillo of Chile will play the Argentinean duet of Guido Pella and Diego Schwartzman. Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald of Austria beat the Italian-Israeli tandem of Thomas Fabbiano and Dudi Sela 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 7-6 (7-4) in the opener on 17 January. The Belarusian-Austrian duo will face the U.S. brothers Bob and Mike Bryan in the next round.
