Ukrainian tennis player Ekaterina Beindl (No. 97 WTA) reached the third round of the Australian Open-2023.

In the fight of the second round, our compatriot defeated American Katherine McNally (No. 94 WTA) with a score of 6:1, 7:6.

The match lasted 1 hour 45 minutes. During this time, the Ukrainian filed right through once, made 3 double faults and converted 4 out of 9 breakpoints.

Catherine for the first time in her career reached the third round at the Grand Slam tournaments.

Beindl's next opponent will be Latvian tennis player of Ukrainian origin Elena Ostapenko.

Earlier, the first racket of Ukraine Angelina Kalinina entered the third round of the Australian Open-2023. Also today, another Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk will play in the second round of the competition..

Recall that at the match of the first round of the Australian Open-2023 between Beindl and Russian Kamilla Rakhimova there was a scandal. A group of fans came to the fight with the flag of the Russian Federation and the face of the Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin on a T-shirt. In response to the shameful idea, the organizers of the tournament officially banned the flags of the aggressor countries from being brought to the games..