MELBOURNE, Australia >> Iga Swiatek tends not to waste time in the first week of Grand Slams.

When the five-time Grand Slam champion dispatched Rebecca Sramkova 6-0, 6-2 in a clean hour at the Australian Open on Thursday, Swiatek was living a habit of advancing quickly through the early rounds.

She’s the only player to reach the third round or better at every Grand Slam in this decade. Second-seeded Swiatek next faces 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu, who recovered from an early break in the second set to hold off Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-5.

Teen ousts Medvedev

Three-time runner-up and No. 5 Daniil Medvedev was ousted when 19-year-old American qualifier Learner Tien hung tough to prevail 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (8), 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) after nearly five hours. Tien had a match point in the third-set tiebreaker and didn’t earn another for two hours, until nearly 3 a.m. Friday local time. Tien became the youngest American man to reach the Australian Open’s third round since Pete Sampras in 1990.

Tien is ranked 121st and owned a career Grand Slam record of 0-3 before this week; Medvedev was seeded No. 5, won the 2021 U.S. Open and was the runner-up at Melbourne Park in three of the past four years.

Sinner, Fritz onward

Defending champion and No. 1 Jannik Sinner was in a contest for a set and a half, then blew away Australian wild card and No. 173 Tristan Schoolkate 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3.

Taylor Fritz hasn’t wasted any time advancing to the third round, dropping just eight games across two rounds and spending just over three hours on court.

The 2024 U.S. Open runner-up and No. 4 seed beat Cristian Garin 6-2, 6-1, 6-0.