HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Australian Open day three
0203 STEPHENS ADVANCES IN STYLE
American fifth seed Sloane Stephens produced a clinical performance to ease past Timea Babos 6-3 6-1.
The 2017 U.S. Open champion hit 15 winners and converted five out of 23 break points to advance. She takes on Croatia's Petra Martic in the third round.
0149 SASNOVICH'S SENSE OF HUMOUR ON POINT
Aliaksandra Sasnovich was in a jocular mood following her 6-3 6-3 victory over 20th seed Anett Kontaveit.
"I will of course go eat McDonalds and eat some Nutella," she said when asked how she would prepare for the next round where she meets Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who upset ninth seed Kiki Bertens 3-6 6-3 6-3.
"No. I'm joking. I will of course go shopping."
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0115 GARCIA SHRUGS OFF ATTACK OF HIVES
Women's 19th seed Caroline Garcia ended the hopes of Australian Zoe Hives to become the first player into the third round with a 6-3 6-3 victory in just 65 minutes on the 1573 Arena.
The 22-year-old Hives had provided something of a boost for local fans on Monday when she beat American Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the first round, but was unable to hold off the Frenchwoman, who now will meet either Sachia Vickery or Danielle Collins in the third round.
0010 PLAY UNDERWAY AT MELBOURNE PARK
Play got underway on schedule under sunny skies at 11 a.m. local time (0000 GMT) with the temperature hovering just under the 23 degrees Celsius mark with a forecast high of 26C.
(Compiled by Greg Stutchbury and Shrivathsa Sridhar; Editing by Frank Pingue/greg Stutchbury)
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