Melbourne, Jan 19 (IANS) Anastasija Sevastova booked herself a spot in the second week of a Grand Slam for the fifth time in her career on Saturday after routing China's Wang Qiang in straight sets at the Australian Open.

The No.12 seed slammed past her opponent 6-3, 6-3, in 76 minutes, reports Efe.

The Latvian, who is back in the second week of the Australian Open for the first time in eight years, played a tidy match against the number 23 seed and hit 17 winners to 17 unforced errors.

She also won 83 percent of the points played behind her serve and broke serve four times.

She will now play against Japan's Naomi Osaka in the last 16.

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