World primary Iga Swiatek wasted little time Wednesday in reaching the third spherical of the Australian Open, sweeping previous Colombia’s Camila Osorio 6-2, 6-3 on Rod Laver Arena. The title favorite from Poland stated after a tricky first-round examination that she wanted to seek out some additional “intensity”, and he or she discovered the spark in opposition to the 21-year-old world quantity 84. The 2022 French and US Open champion, additionally 21, is seeking to win the Australian Open for the primary time and reached the final 32 after 1hr 24min of gritty resistance from Osorio.

“The match was much tougher than the score says,” stated Swiatek, who made her Australian Open debut in 2019.

“It was really intense physically and Camila didn’t give me many points for free, so I needed to really work for every and each of them.

“But I’m glad that I used to be constant and I can play the following spherical,” added Swiatek, a yr after recording her finest end result at Melbourne Park, shedding to Danielle Collins within the semi-finals.

The three-time main winner — she additionally triumphed at Roland Garros in 2020 — will face both 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu of Canada or Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa within the third spherical.

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