Elina Svitolina v Jasmine Paolini
The Australian Open of Italy's Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini ended in the second round, when the fancies pair were beaten by Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider 7-5 7-5 in a repeat of the Olympic final won by the Italians in Paris in one hour and 36 minutes.
Iga Swiatek preferred Sydney's coffee to Melbourne and Alex De Minaur declared Australia's brews the best in the world -- so what did Italy's own Jasmine Paolini think of it all?
Jannik Sinner and Elina Svitolina won their respective Round 3 matches and advanced to the pre-quarters. While Sinner beat Marcos Giron in straight sets, Svitolina got the better of Jasmine Paolini.
It's an up-and-down day for favorites and the husband-and-wife duo of Gaël Monfils and Elina Svitolina wo their singles matches.
Fourth seed Jasmine Paolini shook off some early nerves to sail into the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Mexico's Renata Zarazua.
Jasmine Paolini eased through to the second round of the Australian Open with a dominant 6-0 6-4 win over Chinese qualifier Wei Sijia on Tuesday as the Italian savoured a return to the Grand Slam that launched her golden season last year.
In the Round of 64 at the Australian Open on Wednesday, Renata Zarazua (ranked No. 70) faces Jasmine Paolini (No. 4).Her last time out, Zarazua lost to Martina Trevisan 4-6, 3-6 in the Round of 16
Sijia Wei (No. 119 in the world) faces Jasmine Paolini (No. 4) in the Round of 128 at the Australian Open.In her last competition, Wei was defeated by Beatriz Haddad Maia 5-7, 4-6 in
Svitolina, the 28th seed, followed up her shock win over world number four Jasmine Paolini in the third round with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over the world number 75 on Rod Laver Arena.
Women's no. 2 seed Jasmine Paolini from Italy, along with the men's no. 4 seed, American Taylor Fritz, were eliminated Saturday in the third round of the Australian Open. Featured in back-to-back matches at the Margaret Court Arena, the married couple of Gael Monfils and Elina Svitolina, both came back to win their respective matches.
Eva Lys looks to continue her streak of luck against Iga Swiatek in the round of 16 of the Australian Open, while Elina Svitolina will be tested by Veronika Kudermetova.