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MELBOURNE, Australia – Only seven seeds out of a possible 16 in action today in a tournament that had few upsets early.

But the hits started coming.

Bencic-Giorgi shaped to be potentially feisty, but Giorgi didn’t have enough feist on the day.

Vondrousova v Fruhvirtova – an all-Czech matchup – was a very meaningful matches for both. And it was the youngster who prevailed.

Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of Eastern time.

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Jan 16 – 29, 2023
Draw size: S128 / D64 / XD32

Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023
Final results
Women’s singles, third round

Upsets

Magda Linette (POL) def [19] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 63 64

Seeds advancing

[4] Caroline Garcia (FRA) def [PR] Laura Siegemund (GER) 16 63 63
[5] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def [26] Elise Mertens (BEL) 62 63
[12] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def. Camila Giorgi (ITA) 62 75
[23] Zhang Shuai (CHN) def. [Q] Katie Volynets (USA) 63 62
[30] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def Varvara Gracheva (RUS) 64 62

Other results

Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) def Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 75 26 63
Donna Vekic (CRO) def. Nuria Parrizas Diaz (ESP) 62 62

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