Sinner keen to improve

World No 1 and defending champion Jannik Sinner roared back to surge into the Australian Open third round on ThursdaySinner dropped a set for the first time in 14 matches when he lost the opener to Australian wild card Tristan Schoolkate But he wrested back control after a slow start to go through 46 64 61 63 against the World No 173 at a cool and breezy Rod Laver ArenaIt was Sinnerrsquos 16th consecutive victory in an ominous sign for the next opponent Marcos Giron ldquoItrsquos always tough to play against someone I donrsquot know very well He was playing much better than I was at the beginningrdquo said the Italian 23 who also won the US Open last yearTaylor Fritz during his Round Two match against Chilersquos qualifier Cristian GarinldquoI have to be very happy with my performance and never take things for granted Very glad to be in the next roundldquoI can improve yes but Irsquoll take itrdquoAlso ReadVidarbha outclass Maharashtra by 69 runsTaylor Fritz was an emphatic winner in his pursuit of a maiden major titleFritz swept through to a thirdround clash against Gael Monfils with a brutal display of power hitting and has dropped just eight games in the tournament so far The American fourth seed was untouchable on Margaret Court Arena swatting aside Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin 62 61 60 in 82 minutesSwiatek cruisesIga Swiatek romped into a thirdround showdown with Emma RaducanuWomenrsquos second seed Swiatek raced past World No 49 Rebecca Sramkova 60 62 while Britainrsquos Raducanu reached the third round for the first time in Melbourne by beating Amanda Anisimova 63 75Jabeur battles asthmaMeanwhile a bad bout of asthma nearly derailed the comeback of former World No 2 Ons Jabeur with the Tunisian saying she found it hard to breathe and nearly gave up in her secondround winShe is aiming to get back to the top after a shoulder injury last year threatened her career But she said asthma was now becoming an issue Jabeur needed a medical timeout on her way to a 75 63 victory over Colombiarsquos Camila Osorio for treatment and to use an inhaler ldquoVery very tough to breathe When I was younger I was diagnosed with asthmardquo she saidOther key resultsMenrsquos singlespoundAlex de Minaur bt Tristan Boyer 62 64 63poundHolger Rune bt Matteo Berrettini 76 26 63 76Womenrsquos singlespoundJasmine Paolini bt Renata Zarazua 62 63poundEmma Navarro bt Xiyu Wang 63 36 64poundMadison Keys bt Gabriela Ruse 76 26 75This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever