Two of the favorites for the Australian Open title, Iga Swiontek and Elena Rybakina, recorded crushing victories in the second round of the tournament.
World No. 2 Swiontek dropped only two games to Rebekah Sramkova of Slovakia and defeated her 6-0, 6-2. The Pole completely dominated the court in the first part, in which she did not give up a game to her opponent. The second set started evenly at 2-2, but then Swiontek took control again and took the next four games to close out the match after exactly one hour of play.
Thus, the five-time Grand Slam champion moves on, and in a dispute for a place in the round of 16 she will meet the British Emma Raducanu, who defeated Amanda Anisimova (USA) with 6-3, 7-5.
The finalist of 2023 Elena Rybakina also recorded a resounding success. She defeated Iva Jovic (USA) with 6-0, 6-3. The champion of Wimbledon 2022 was categorical in the first set, but the wildcard participant Jovic started the second part stronger and pulled with a breakthrough and 3-1. Rybakina responded with five consecutive games and achieved success after an hour and 20 minutes.
The tennis player from Kazakhstan has a match against the Ukrainian Daria Yastremska.
Emma Navarro, Daria Kasatkina, Beatriz Haddad Maya, Ons Jaber and Yulia Putintseva also qualified for the third round in the women's draw. | BGNES
