MELBOURNE, Australia>> Iga Swiatek rushed through the first set in 26 minutes and completed her 6-0, 6-2 second-round win over Rebecca Sramkova in an hour at the Australian Open.

The five-time Grand Slam champion makes a habit of advancing quickly through the early rounds at the majors. She’s won 12% of her sets in Grand Slams by 6-0, according to the tournament broadcaster.

So when No. 49-ranked Sramkova ended a seven-game losing run by holding serve on Thursday, she raised her arm to acknowledge the applause from the Rod Laver Arena crowd. It was one of the few chances she had to celebrate.

“It was good to play in such an efficient way and just finish it quick,” Swiatek said. “Also, you know, just feel the court and how it is in RLA.”

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.

Raducanu has struggled with injuries since her breakthrough major in 2021, when she became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam singles title. She didn’t play a warmup tournament ahead of this year’s Australian Open because of a muscle strain and needed time during her match against Anisimova to get treatment on her back from a trainer.

After advancing beyond the second round for the first time at Melbourne Park, the No. 61-ranked Raducanu was confident she’d have enough time to recover ahead of her next challenge against Swiatek.

“It’ll be a very good match for me, another opportunity to test my game,” she said. Swiatek has “achieved so much already. Going into it, I have nothing to lose. I’m just going to swing.”

Swiatek is moving on from the doping infringement which led to her one-month ban last year.

She’s also feeling slightly less pressure this year, too, after losing the No. 1 ranking to two-time defending Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka.

”I realized last year that I don’t have 100% influence on what happens with my ranking sometimes. So now I just focus on tennis,” she said.

Emma Navarro, a U.S. Open semifinalist last year and seeded in the top eight for the first time at a major, was in trouble after two service breaks ealy in the third set before she reeled off four straight games to beat Wang Xiyu 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

She hopped from the baseline toward the net, and made a big, swirling swing of her arm to underline another tough, three-set victory.

She’ll next play Ons Jabeur, a three-time Grand Slam runner-up, who struggled with asthma but was still able to hold off Camila Osorio 7-5, 6-3.

No. 9 Daria Kasatkina advanced 6-2, 6-0 over Wang Yafan and faces a third round match against No. 24 Yulia Putintseva, who beat Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-1.