Australian Open Results
Friday
At Melbourne Park
Melbourne, Australia
Purse: AUD43,250,000
Surface: Hardcourt outdoor
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (AP) _ Results Friday from Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses):
Women’s Singles
Third Round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (27), Russia, def. Laura Siegemund, Germany, 6-1, 6-2.
Aryna Sabalenka (1), Belarus, def. Clara Tauson, Denmark, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Donna Vekic (18), Croatia, def. Diana Shnaider (12), Russia, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 7-5.
Men’s Doubles
First Round
Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek, United States, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, and Joran Vliegen (9), Belgium, 6-1, 6-4.
Men’s Doubles
Second Round
Pedro Martinez and Jaume Munar, Spain, def. Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Adam Pavlasek, Czechia, 6-2, 7-5.
Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori (3), Italy, def. Diego Hidalgo, Ecuador, and Luciano Darderi, Italy, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4).
Botic Van de Zandschulp and Tallon Griekspoor, Netherlands, def. Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers (12), Australia, 7-5, 6-2.
Women’s Doubles
Second Round
Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, and Kamilla Rakhimova, Russia, def. Viktoriya Tomova, Bulgaria, and Rebecca Sramkova, Slovakia, 6-1, 7-5.
Taylor Townsend, United States, and Katerina Siniakova (1), Czechia, def. Shuko Aoyama and Eri Hozumi, Japan, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Timea Babos, Hungary, and Nicole Melichar-Martinez (13), United States, def. Yuan Yue, China, and Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.
Kimberly Birrell and Olivia Gadecki, Australia, def. Ulrikke Eikeri, Norway, and Makoto Ninomiya, Japan, 6-3, 7-5.
Mixed Doubles
Second Round
Rohan Bopanna, India, and Zhang Shuai, China, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-4, 6-4.