MELBOURNE: Two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to help clear her mind of tennis and the unusual off-season preparation is paying off after she reached round three at the Australian Open on Thursday.

The Spanish former world No. 1 defeated home hope Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and faces Ukraine’s fifth seed Elina Svitolina or American Lauren Davis next.

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