Former Wimbledon quarter-finalist Niemeier cruises into US Open third round
Jule Niemeier defeated Moyuka Uchijima 6-4, 6-0. She’ll face Qinwen Zheng in the next round
Jule Niemeier, US Open 2024
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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
