Fourth seed Jasmine Paolini shook off some early nerves to sail into the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Mexico's Renata Zarazua. Zarazua, who is playing in only her second Australian Open,

keep playing well and staying at the top of the rankings for as long as possible. Jasmine Paolini was speaking to BBC Sport's Jonathan Jurejko at Melbourne Park.

Elina Svitolina hailed a super Saturday for her and husband Gael Monfils at Melbourne Park after both sent world number four players packing from the Australian Open. A finalist at the French Open and Wimbledon last year,

Jasmine Paolini eased through to the second round of the Australian Open with a dominant 6-0 6-4 win over Chinese qualifier Wei Sijia on Tuesday as the Italian savoured a return to the Grand Slam that launched her golden season last year.

Jannik Sinner and Elina Svitolina won their respective Round 3 matches and advanced to the pre-quarters. While Sinner beat Marcos Giron in straight sets, Svitolina got the better of Jasmine Paolini.

Elina Svitolina beats fourth seed Jasmine Paolini hours after her husband Gael Monfils beat men's fourth seed Taylor Fritz to reach the Australian Open fourth round.

Elina Svitolina delivered a stunning first-set comeback before overwhelming Veronika Kudermetova Monday to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals, but the Ukrainian did not shake hands with her Russian opponent.

MELBOURNE - Jasmine Paolini eased through to the second round ... 29-year-old has eyes on a first Grand Slam title at Melbourne Park, where she reached the fourth round last year after having ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Jasmine Paolini eased through to the second round ... old has eyes on a first Grand Slam title at Melbourne Park, where she reached the fourth round last year after having ...

Italian world number four Jasmine Paolini discusses the renaissance of tennis back home in her first column for BBC Sport at the Australian Open.

Follow live text and radio commentary featuring Emma Raducanu, Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia.

Iga Swiatek, Jannik Sinner, Jasmine Paolini, Elena Rybakina and N Sriram Balaji are amongst the big players who will be in action on Day 7 of the hard court major at Melbourne Park.