Former Wimbledon quarter-finalist Niemeier cruises into US Open third round

German Jule Niemeier defeated Japanese Moyuka Uchijima 6-4, 6-0 to advance to the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Niemeier, ranked No 101, will play Chinese Zheng Qinwen, the No 7 seed, next.

In the previous round, the German edged out Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 32 seed (6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4).

Uchijima, ranked No 64, edged out German Tamara Korpatsch (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the previous round.

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):

• Karolina Pliskova vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Xinyu Wang
• Varvara Lepchenko vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Naomi Osaka vs. Karolina Muchova
• Anna Bondar vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Renata Zarazua
• Elena Rybakina vs. Jessika Ponchet
• Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Pegula
• Katie Boulter vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Clara Tauson vs. Diana Shnaider
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Sara Errani
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Iga Swiatek vs. Ena Shibahara
• Tatjana Maria vs. Coco Gauff
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Clara Burel
• Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
• Elina Svitolina vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Emma Navarro vs. Arantxa Rus
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Donna Vekic vs. Greet Minnen
• Diane Parry vs. Yafan Wang
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Iva Jovic
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Erika Andreeva
• Harriet Dart vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Madison Keys vs. Maya Joint: wednesday
• Elise Mertens (33) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 6-2
• Taylor Townsend vs. Paula Badosa: wednesday
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse: wednesday