Confirmations and surprises at the Australian Open 2025, in the women's singles.
Aryna Sabalenka had more problems than expected against the Spanish Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, who even came close to extending the match to the third set.
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The Belarusian nevertheless obtained her 16th consecutive victory at the Slam. The WTA No.1will face Clara Tauson, who beat the German Tatjana Maria, in the 3rd round of the tournament.
Coco Gauff beat the British Jodie Burrage, but the young American was also one step away from having to extend the challenge to the 3rd set. The WTA Finals champion will play the next round against Leylah Annie Fernandez. Jessica Pegula beat Elise Mertens, and now a challenge awaits her against Olga Danilovic.
Naomi Osakaswept away a tricky opponent like Karolina Muchova and will now challenge Belinda Bencic for a place in the 3rd round of the Happy Slam. Victories also for Paula Badosa (against wild card Talia Gibson) Marta Kostyuk and Mirra Andreeva.
So far, confirmations; the surprise of the day was the defeat of Qinwen Zheng, finalist last year here in Melbourne. The Chinese was defeated by Laura Siegemund, who played a truly extraordinary match. The German is now in an open draw portion, in which there are also Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Diana Shnaider and Donna Vekic.
