Emma Raducanu braved a back issue to move through to the third round of the Australian Open for the first time, defeating the big-hitting American Amanda Anisimova in straight sets.

Emma Raducanu battles more injury problems to reach Australian Open third round - The 22-year-old received treatment for a back issue during her 6-3 7-5 victory over Amanda Anisimova

Emma Raducanu overcomes back issues to defeat Amanda Anisimova and set up a tasty third-round meeting with former world No 1 Iga Swiatek at the Australian Open; watch action from the ATP and WTA Tours on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+,

If you look at the world rankings, which have Raducanu at No 61 and Swiatek No 2, you would expect this to be a straightforward result. But with Raducanu up to No 13 in the overall rankings and 19 in the hard-court ones, you might think the match would be a little closer.

Iga Swiatek will be making her 20th consecutive third-round appearance at a Grand Slam after defeating Rebecca Sramkova 6-0, 6-2 on Thursday at the Australian Open.

Emma Raducanu and Iga Swiatek will meet in the third round of the Australian Open in what will be their fourth top-level meeting, but first in Grand Slam tennis. 2021 US Open winner Raducanu claimed a gritty 6-3,