The Peterborough Examiner

Marino moves on, Bouchard is out

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino is one win away from securing a spot in the main draw of the Australian Open. Marino beat No. 24 qualifying seed Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria 6-2, 7-6 (7) in the second round of women’s qualifying for the Grand Slam on Tuesday. Marino will face Belgium’s Maryna Zanevska in the third and final round on Wednesday. Meanwhile, No. 25 qualifying seed Eugenie Bouchard, of Westmount, Que., lost 6-2, 6-4 to Yue Yuan of China in the second round on Tuesday. Toronto’s Steven Diez lost 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to No.15 qualifying seed Henri Laaksonen, of Switzerlan­d, in the second round of men’s qualifying in Doha. Peter Polansky, of Thornhill, Ont., lost 6-0, 6-1 to Alexandre Muller of France in another secondroun­d match.

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