The pair of Monica Niculescu and Viktoria Golubic (Switzerland) advanced to the second round of the Australian Open 2023 doubles, beating the pair of Jacqueline Christian/Tamara Korpatsch (Germany).

Monica NiculescuPhoto: Julian Avram / AP / Profimedia

Monica Niculescu in the second round of the Australian Open 2023 doubles

Monica and Victoria won after an hour and 24 minutes of play with a score of 6-4, 6-4.

In the next round, Niculescu and Golubic will play the winner of the match between Anna Bondar/Grit Minnen (Hungary/Belgium) and Alicia Rosolksa/Erin Rutliff (Poland/New Zealand, 14 favorites).

Having passed in the second round, the Romanian and her colleague secured a prize of 28,960 euros. On the other hand, Christian and Korpatch will receive 19,292 euros.