Davis upsets No 28 seed Alexandrova to set up clash with No 1 Swiatek
The American beat Ekaterina Alexandrova 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) on Thursday to set up a clash with top seed Iga Swiatek in round three
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Lauren Davis hits a forehand
American Lauren Davis edged out Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 28 seed, 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) to move into the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Thursday.
Davis, ranked No 105, will play Iga Swiatek, who defeated Sloane Stephens at the same time.
US Open, New York City (Grand Slam), other second-round results
- Jessica Pegula (8) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-4, 6-4
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Belinda Bencic: thursday
- Victoria Azarenka (26) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-2, 6-3
- Bianca Andreescu beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (15): 6-2, 6-4
- Liudmila Samsonova beat Leylah Fernandez (14): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Aleksandra Krunic beat Barbora Krejcikova (23): 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Serena Williams beat Anett Kontaveit (2): 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Evgeniya Rodina: 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
- Caroline Garcia (17) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-3, 6-1
- Coco Gauff (12) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Dalma Galfi beat Harriet Dart: 6-4, 6-0
- Veronika Kudermetova (18) beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-2, 6-3
- Rebecca Marino beat Daria Snigur (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Madison Keys (20) beat Camila Giorgi: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
- Shuai Zhang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 7-5, 6-1
- Alison Riske-Amritraj (29) beat Camila Osorio: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5)
- Ons Jabeur (5) beat Elizabeth Mandlik (WC): 7-5, 6-2
- Xiyu Wang beat Maria Sakkari (3): 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
- Shelby Rogers (31) beat Viktoria Kuzmova (Q): 7-5, 6-1
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