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Australian Open: Poland's Zieliński into 2nd round of men's doubles

16.01.2025 15:30
Poland’s Jan Zieliński and Belgium's Sander Gillé have advanced to the second round of the men's doubles competition at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne.
Jan Zieliński
Jan Zieliński PAP/Marcin Cholewiński

The Polish-Belgian pairing beat Spain's Roberto Carballés Baena and China's Bu Yunchaokete 6-1, 6-2 in the first round on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Poland's Karol Drzewiecki and India's Anirudh Chandrasekar were eliminated from the men's doubles at the Australian Open after being stopped in the first round by Bosnia's Damir Džumhur and Greece's Petros Tsitsipas.

Drzewiecki and Chandrasekar lost 6-7, 6-2, 6-7 after a nearly three-hour battle at Melbourne Park, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.

Karol Drzewiecki i Jan Zieliński Karol Drzewiecki and Jan Zieliński. Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

In the women's doubles, Poland's Magda Linette and Mexico's Giuliana Olmos were ousted in the first round by Italian Lucia Bronzetti and Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina, losing 4-6, 6-1, 6-7.

Linette earlier bowed out of the women's singles in Melbourne after losing to Japan's Moyuka Uchijima 6-4, 2-6, 6-7 in the first round.

Meanwhile, Poland’s world No. 2 Iga Świątek has entered the third round of the women’s singles, where she will face off against Britain's Emma Raducanu, a former US Open champion.

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Source: IAR, PAP