US Open: Krueger upsets 21st seed Andreeva to reach third round at a Grand Slam for first time

American Ashlyn Krueger won against Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 21 seed, 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the US Open on Thursday.

Krueger, ranked No 59, will play Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 16 seed, next. This is the first time that the American has made it to the third round of a Major.

She was 0-6 in Slams prior to this and scored her first Grand Slam win earlier this week when she edged out Chinese Shuai Zhang (0-6, 6-1, 7-5) in the previous round.

In the first round, Andreeva, ranked No 23, defeated Colombian Camila Osorio (6-2, 7-6 (4)).

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: thursday
• Varvara Lepchenko vs. Anastasia Potapova: thursday
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo: thursday
• Jasmine Paolini (5) beat Karolina Pliskova: 0-0 ret.
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova: thursday
• Sara Errani beat Caroline Dolehide: 7-5, 7-5
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Katie Boulter (31): 7-5, 7-5
• Yulia Putintseva (30) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Anna Kalinskaya (15) beat Anna Bondar: 6-2, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider (18) beat Clara Tauson: 6-4, 6-4
• Peyton Stearns beat Daria Kasatkina (12): 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Elina Svitolina (27) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-1, 6-2
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 6-0
• Victoria Azarenka (20) beat Clara Burel: 6-1, 6-4
• Donna Vekic (24) beat Greet Minnen: 7-5, 6-1
• 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