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New Zealand tennis No 1 Marina Erakovic has won through to the second round of Australian Open women's singles qualifying in Melbourne, beating Romania's Simona Matei 7-5, 6-1.
The first set took more than an hour before the 18-year old took control to wrap up the second set in less than half an hour.
Erakovic will face the 10th seed in qualifying, Swiss player Timea Bacsinszky in the second of three qualifying rounds.
- NEWSTALK ZB