<p id="thickbox_headline">Top-ranked Ash Barty is breezing through the Australian Open draw so far. Things could get a lot more interesting soon enough.</p>.<p>Barty extended her streak of service holds to 48 games and moved into the third round at Melbourne Park for the sixth consecutive year by beating 142nd-ranked qualifier Lucia Bronzetti 6-1, 6-1 in under an hour Tuesday in Rod Laver Arena.</p>.<p>Barty dropped just one game in her first-round match, which also took less than an hour, as she bids to become the first Australian woman since 1978 to win the country's Grand Slam tournament.</p>.<p>She is already a two-time major champion, with trophies at the French Open in 2019 and Wimbledon last year.</p>.<p>Next up for Barty will be a matchup against another Italian, 30th-seeded Camila Giorgi. Win that, and Barty could end up in a fourth-round showdown against defending champion Naomi Osaka.</p>.<p>Eighth-seeded Paula Badosa has moved into the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Italian qualifier Martina Trevisan in Rod Laver Arena.</p>.<p>Badosa won the title at a Sydney tuneup tournament last week, when she put together back-to-back match wins in Australia for the first time.</p>.<p>In other early second-round results on Day 3 of the year's first tennis Grand Slam event, two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka beat Jil Teichmann 6-1, 6-2, and No. 30 Camila Giorgi beat Tereza Martincova 6-2, 7-6 (2).</p>.<p>Top-ranked Ash Barty, aiming to be the first Australian woman to win the home championship since 1978, was playing Lucia Bronzetti on the main court at Melbourne Park. </p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>
<p id="thickbox_headline">Top-ranked Ash Barty is breezing through the Australian Open draw so far. Things could get a lot more interesting soon enough.</p>.<p>Barty extended her streak of service holds to 48 games and moved into the third round at Melbourne Park for the sixth consecutive year by beating 142nd-ranked qualifier Lucia Bronzetti 6-1, 6-1 in under an hour Tuesday in Rod Laver Arena.</p>.<p>Barty dropped just one game in her first-round match, which also took less than an hour, as she bids to become the first Australian woman since 1978 to win the country's Grand Slam tournament.</p>.<p>She is already a two-time major champion, with trophies at the French Open in 2019 and Wimbledon last year.</p>.<p>Next up for Barty will be a matchup against another Italian, 30th-seeded Camila Giorgi. Win that, and Barty could end up in a fourth-round showdown against defending champion Naomi Osaka.</p>.<p>Eighth-seeded Paula Badosa has moved into the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Italian qualifier Martina Trevisan in Rod Laver Arena.</p>.<p>Badosa won the title at a Sydney tuneup tournament last week, when she put together back-to-back match wins in Australia for the first time.</p>.<p>In other early second-round results on Day 3 of the year's first tennis Grand Slam event, two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka beat Jil Teichmann 6-1, 6-2, and No. 30 Camila Giorgi beat Tereza Martincova 6-2, 7-6 (2).</p>.<p>Top-ranked Ash Barty, aiming to be the first Australian woman to win the home championship since 1978, was playing Lucia Bronzetti on the main court at Melbourne Park. </p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH videos:</strong></p>