Garbiñe Muguruza and Pedro Martínez Portero are the first Spaniards in the third round of the Australian Open.

The Caracas woman beat Liudmila Samsonova 6-3 and 6-1 in just over an hour and is already waiting for the Kazakh Zarina Diyas.

For his part, the Valencian raised a first set against Emil Ruusuvuori to win 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (5).

His next opponent will come out of the duel between Dusan Lajovic and Alexander Bublik.

Muguruza has started the year lined up.

A week ago he beat Sofia Kenin, his executioner in the final of the last Australian Open, at the Yarra Valley Classic, and only lost to Ashleigh Barty, world number one and favorite at home.

Here he has solved the first two rounds with equal authority.

Very solid, defending well at the back of the court, reaching everything.

Derailing Samsonova.

After an even start, the Russian left the door open in the seventh game and Muguruza entered headfirst.

Eight games in a row, four breaks, Conchita Martínez's pupil was aimed at an opponent who did not see where to scratch his defense (56% of points won with the service, only 33 with the second) or how to shorten the points (21- 7 on unforced errors in the first set, 14-7 in the second).

Muguruza will face Kazakh Zarina Diyas in the third round, who defeated Bernarda Pera 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in a two-hour battle.

There will also be Pedro Martínez Portero, who had to overcome a bad start against Emil Ruusuvuori to seal his ticket.

More than three hours he had to play on court 13 to subdue the Finn, owner of the net and the match in the first round, grown after surprising Gael Monfils in five sets.

The Alcireño quickly forgot the blur, as he did before the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka, and took the controls.

He turned the game around going on the attack, he managed to chain seven games between the third and fourth sets, but had to sweat to fasten the victory.

After being 4-1 and two breaks up in the quarter, serving for 7-5, he had to go to sudden death to secure the pass.

It is the first time that Pedro Martínez reaches the third round of the Australian Open, the second time he has done it in a big one after Roland Garros four months ago.

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