HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Australian Open day three
MELBOURNE, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Highlights of day three of the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park on Wednesday. All matches are second round. Times local (GMT +11):
0330 SERENA STROLLS INTO ROUND THREE
Serena Williams, chasing a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title, raced past Serbia's Nina Stojanovic 6-3 6-0 in just 69 minutes to reach the third round for the 19th time.
0320 SCHWARTZMAN BREEZES PAST MULLER
Argentine eighth seed Diego Schwartzman converted nine break points in a dominant 6-2 6-0 6-3 win over France's lucky loser Alexandre Muller.
0320 AUGER-ALIASSIME KNOCKS OUT HOME HOPE DUCKWORTH
Canadian youngster Felix Auger-Aliassime progressed to the third round for the first time with a 6-4 6-1 6-2 win over local favourite James Duckworth.
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1240 SABALENKA ADVANCES WITH WIN OVER KASATKINA
Seventh seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus ground down classy Russian Daria Kasatkina 7-6(5) 6-3 in the early match at Margaret Court Arena.
1240 ANDREESCU'S COMEBACK CUT SHORT BY HSIEH
Bianca Andreescu's comeback after a 15-month absence from tennis ended abruptly in the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday with the Canadian eighth seed crumbling to a 6-3 6-2 defeat to Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei in the opening match at Rod Laver Arena.
1108 PLAY GETS UNDERWAY
Play began on a warm, sunny morning at Melbourne Park with the temperature hovering around 24 degrees Celsius.
Authorities reported two new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the state of Victoria late on Tuesday. (Reporting by Ian Ransom and Hardik Vyas; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
