Second seed Aryna Sabalenka into round three but Garbine Muguruza loses at Australian Open
Belarusian Sabalenka, 23, had to come from behind to defeat China's Xinyu Wang 1-6 6-4 6-2. Spain's two-time Grand Slam winner Muguruza fell in straight sets to France's Alize Cornet, losing 6-3 6-3.
Elsewhere, Polish seventh seed Iga Swiatek safely progressed while sixth seed Anett Kontaveit was knocked out.
Swiatek, 20, reached round three with a 6-2 6-2 victory against Sweden's Rebecca Peterson.
However, Estonia's Kontaveit lost 6-2 6-4 to Denmark 19-year-old Clara Tauson, who claimed her first win over a top-10 opponent.
Russian 10th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won 6-2 6-2 against Samantha Stosur as the Australian 37-year-old's singles career ended.
Belgian's Elise Mertens, the 19th seed, beat Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3 6-2, Russian 25th seed Daria Kasatkina won 6-2 6-3 against Poland's Magda Linette, while Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek overcame Britain's Heather Watson 7-6 (7-4) 6-4.
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