World No 1 Iga Swiatek is the first woman through to the Australian Open third round following a straight-sets win over Colombian Camila Osorio
Polish player slowly living up to top billing in Melbourne
Swiatek had to scrap her way back from a service break down in the second set of her less than convincing Open opener against Jule Niemeier on Monday night. That was the Pole’s first outing since suffering a crushing loss to world No 3 Jessica Pegula at the season-opening United Cup before withdrawing from the Adelaide International 2 with a shoulder issue.
“It was much tougher than this score says. It was really intense physically and Camilla was really running to every ball. She didn’t give up,” Swiatek said.
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