Sabalenka makes it to 3rd round of Australian Open

Aryna Sabalenka advances to the third round of the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open. The world’s No. 7 beated No. 75 Daria Kasatkina of Russia 7-6, 6-3 in the second round. Sabalenka will fight with the 69th-ranked American Ann Li for the access to the 1/8 final from 1-8.

Egor Gerasimov was unable to defeat his Russian opponent Aslan Karatsev last night, though he is higher in the world rankings (79th against 114th). The Belarusian lost in three sets, taking only one game - 0:6, 1:6, 0:6.