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Konta races through to round three

British number one Johanna Konta reached the third round of the Australian Open with an impressive win over China's Zheng Saisai in Melbourne.

Konta, ranked 36 places higher at 47 in the world, won 6-2 6-3 and will next face German 30th seed Sabine Lisicki or Czech Denisa Allertova.

The Sydney-born Briton had never won a match in the main draw at the Australian Open before this year.

Britain's Andy Murray plays Australian Sam Groth later on Thursday.

Konta, 24, upset world number 10 Venus Williams in the opening round on Tuesday and backed up that fine win with a solid performance against Zheng.