Olympic silver medallist Vekic through to US Open third round

Croat Donna Vekic, the No 24 seed, reached the third round of the US Open by defeating Belgian Greet Minnen 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday.

Vekic, ranked No 24, will face American Peyton Stearns next.

The Croat won against Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round.

In the previous round, Minnen, ranked No 70, beat Pole Magdalena Frech (7-5, 7-5).

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

• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Renata Zarazua
• Naomi Osaka vs. Karolina Muchova
• Elena Rybakina vs. Jessika Ponchet
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Pegula
• Iga Swiatek vs. Ena Shibahara
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Varvara Lepchenko vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Katie Boulter vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Sara Errani
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Xinyu Wang
• Anna Bondar vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Clara Tauson vs. Diana Shnaider
• Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina: wednesday
• Elina Svitolina vs. Anhelina Kalinina: wednesday
• Tatjana Maria vs. Coco Gauff: wednesday
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Clara Burel
• Emma Navarro (13) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-1, 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 6-1
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (29) beat Iva Jovic (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Marta Kostyuk (19) beat Harriet Dart: 7-6 (10), 6-1
• Yafan Wang beat Diane Parry: 6-0, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Erika Andreeva: 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-2
• Madison Keys (14) beat Maya Joint (Q): 6-4, 6-0
• Elise Mertens (33) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 6-2
• Jule Niemeier beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-4, 6-0
• Paula Badosa (26) beat Taylor Townsend: 6-3, 7-5
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (8): 6-4, 7-5