Melbourne - Czech fourth seed Petra Kvitova cruised into the Australian Open third round on Thursday with a straight sets win over Mona Barthel of Germany.
Kvitova, the reigning Wimbledon champion, downed Barthel 6-2, 6-4 to set up a third round meeting with Madison Keys of the United States.
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