Tennis: Dark horse Radwanska gallops into fourth round

Tennis: Dark horse Radwanska gallops into fourth round
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Summary Agnieszka Radwanska beat Varvara Lepchenko 6-0, 7-5 to reach fourth round of Australian Open.

MELBOURNE (AP) - Sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska moved into the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday with a 6-0, 7-5 win over Uzbekistan-born American Varvara Lepchenko.
 

Opening the day s play on Rod Laver Arena, Radwanska won the first set in 25 minutes before Lepchenko took a medical timeout, appearing to be affected by the heat.
 

Radwanska, with her new coach Martina Navratilova watching from the stands, was broken while serving for the match but broke Lepchenko s serve to clinch it three games later.
 

Radwanska, a semifinalist here last year and a finalist at Wimbledon in 2012, will play either Camila Giorgi of Italy or No. 18-seeded Venus Williams in the next round.

 

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