MOSCOW, Jan 18 Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev advanced to the second round of the Open Championship Australia, which takes place in Melbourne. In the meeting of the first round, the second racket of the world, Medvedev beat the Swiss Henry Laaksonen with a score of 6:1, 6:4, 7:6 (7:3). The duration of the match was 1 hour 55 minutes. In the next round of the Australian Open, Medvedev will play the winner of the meeting Liam Broedy (Great Britain) — Nick Kyrgios (Australia).