Australian Open 2020 news - Petra Kvitova into the fourth round after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova

ByEurosport

Updated 24/01/2020 at 08:30 GMT

Petra Kvitova has progressed to the fourth round after beating Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-1, 6-2 on Margaret Court Arena.

It was a very straightforward victory for Kvitova against the world number 28 as she raced into a 5-0 lead with Alexandrova only winning the fifth game of the opening set.

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Alexandrova put up more of a fight in the second set and held her serve until the fifth game when Kvitova capitalised on her first break point of the set before breaking again to go 5-2 up.

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And the Russian had little response after that as Kvitova, who is yet to drop a set in the opening three rounds of the tournament, served out the match.

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