US Open: Wozniacki too strong for Ponchet, eases into last 16

Dane Caroline Wozniacki moved into the last 16 of the US Open by beating French qualifier Jessika Ponchet 6-3, 6-2 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Wozniacki, ranked No 71, will face the winner of the match between Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 22 seed, and Russian Anna Kalinskaya, the No 15 seed, next.

In the previous rounds, the 34-year-old Dane won against Japanese qualifier Nao Hibino (6-0, 6-1) and Mexican Renata Zarazua (6-3, 6-3).

Ponchet, ranked No 143, defeated Chinese Saisai Zheng (6-4, 6-1) and Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed (W/O) earlier in the tournament.

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

• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Iga Swiatek vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Liudmila Samsonova (16) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-1, 6-1
• Diana Shnaider (18) beat Sara Errani: 6-2, 6-2
• Jessica Pegula (6) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-3, 6-3
• Jasmine Paolini (5) beat Yulia Putintseva (30): 6-3, 6-4
• Karolina Muchova beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-4, 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (29): 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Elise Mertens (33) beat Madison Keys (14): 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4
• Donna Vekic (24) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-5, 6-4
• Emma Navarro (13) beat Marta Kostyuk (19): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Yafan Wang beat Victoria Azarenka (20): 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Elina Svitolina (27): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-2, 6-1
• Paula Badosa (26) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8)