Qualifier Jennifer Brady stuns 14th seed Elena Vesnina with straight-sets win

ByKevin Coulson

Updated 21/01/2017 at 02:49 GMT

Qualifier Jennifer Brady stunned 14th seed Elena Vesnina with a straight-sets win to seal her place in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

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The American, who beat Britain's Heather Watson in three sets in the second round, emerged with a 7-6, 6-2 win.

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It was an impressive display from the world No 115, who overwhelmed Vesnina in just 84 minutes and did not look back after holding her nerve to take the tiebreak 7-4.

It is the first time Brady has gone beyond the first round of a Grand Slam and she will now face Greece's Maria Sakkari or Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in the round of 16.

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