US Open: Muchova beats Frech to set up Townsend clash in third round

No 10 seed Karolina Muchova moved into the third round of the US Open by winning against Pole Magdalena Frech 6-3, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Muchova, ranked No 10, will face American Taylor Townsend next.

In the previous round of the Flushing Meadow tournament, Karolina Muchova beat Australian wildcard Storm Hunter (6-4, 6-0).

Frech, ranked No 77, won against American Emma Navarro (7-6 (10), 1-6, 6-2) in the first round of the Flushing Meadow tournament.

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):

• Petra Kvitova vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Jodie Burrage vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Clara Burel
• Greet Minnen vs. Sachia Vickery
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Sofia Kenin
• Eva Lys vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Kaia Kanepi
• Petra Martic vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Ons Jabeur vs. Linda Noskova
• Patricia Maria Tig vs. Jessica Pegula
• Elina Svitolina vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Madison Keys
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Martina Trevisan vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Peyton Stearns vs. Clara Tauson
• Yafan Wang vs. Katie Boulter
• Elena Rybakina vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Jennifer Brady vs. Magda Linette
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Lin Zhu
• Xiyu Wang vs. Bernarda Pera
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Sorana Cirstea: wednesday
• Iga Swiatek vs. Daria Saville: wednesday
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Rebeka Masarova: 7-6, 6-2
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Xinyu Wang: wednesday
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Mirra Andreeva: 6-3, 6-2
• Belinda Bencic (15) beat Yuriko Miyazaki (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Kaja Juvan (Q) beat Lauren Davis: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3
• Taylor Townsend beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (19): 7-6 (1), 7-5
• Elise Mertens (32) beat Danielle Collins: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-1