US Open: Cirstea untroubled by Kalinskaya, sets up Rybakina showdown

Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the No 30 seed, advanced to the third round of the US Open by winning against Russian Anna Kalinskaya 6-3, 6-4 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

Cirstea, ranked No 30, will play Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, who advanced after a walkover from Australian Ajla Tomljanovic.

The 33-year-old Romanian beat American wildcard Kayla Day (6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the US Open, while Kalinskaya, ranked No 89, won against Katerina Siniakova (6-4, 6-2).

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
• Xiyu Wang vs. Bernarda Pera
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Lin Zhu: wednesday
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Daria Saville: 6-3, 6-4
• Karolina Muchova (10) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Rebeka Masarova: 7-6, 6-2
• Xinyu Wang beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
• 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