Tennis: Poland’s Magda Linette into second round of Australian Open
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Paweł Kononczuk
15.01.2018 11:37
Poland’s Magda Linette has for the first time in her career made it through to the second round of the singles at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne.
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Linette on Monday beat America’s Jennifer Brady 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
The 25-year-old Polish player is ranked world no. 74 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
Linette’s best result in a Grand Slam singles tournament so far is reaching the third round of last year's French Open.
Linette next takes on the winner of a match between Russia’s Daria Kasatkina and Slovakia’s Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.
Meanwhile, Poland’s Magdalena Fręch was beaten by Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro 5-7, 3-6 in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday.
The 20-year-old Pole was making her debut in a Grand Slam tournament.
Poland’s Agnieszka Radwańska, seeded 26th, will play her opening match at the Australian Open on Tuesday, taking on Czech Kristýna Plíšková.
(pk/gs)
Source: PAP