With several marquee players having the day off, and others playing in night sessions, it was up to somebody else to make a splash in the second-round day matches Thursday at the Australian Open. 20 seed Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-4 in a women’s match on an outside court at Melbourne Park. Also highlighting the day matches were Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic and Daniil Medvedev of Russia. In the women’s draw, sixth-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland defeated Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 7-5, 7-5, and No. In a late Wednesday women’s match, Williams and American Madison Keys advanced to the third round with straight-set victories over Slovenia’s Tamara Zidansek and the Netherlands’ Arantxa Rus, respectively.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 23, 2020 06:45 UTC