US Open: Pegula moves into third round, Azarenka next

American Jessica Pegula, the No 4 seed, reached the third round of the US Open by winning against Russian Anna Blinkova 6-1, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Wednesday.

Pegula, ranked No 4, will face Belarusian Victoria Azarenka next. Ahead of her victory, the American defeated Egyptian Mayar Sherif (6-0, 6-4).

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 90.000.000, most recent results first):

• Amanda Anisimova vs. Maya Joint
• Donna Vekic vs. Coco Gauff
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
• Renata Zarazua vs. Diane Parry
• Anastasia Zakharova vs. Laura Siegemund
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Naomi Osaka
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Karolina Muchova
• Magdalena Frech vs. Peyton Stearns
• Zeynep Sonmez vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Suzan Lamens vs. Iga Swiatek
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Xinyu Wang
• Maria Sakkari vs. Anna Bondar
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Viktorija Golubic
• Linda Noskova vs. Eva Lys
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Polina Kudermetova
• Iva Jovic vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Ann Li vs. Belinda Bencic
• Elsa Jacquemot vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• McCartney Kessler vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Taylor Townsend
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Priscilla Hon
• Elena Rybakina vs. Tereza Valentova
• Elise Mertens vs. Lulu Sun
• Moyuka Uchijima vs. Barbora Krejcikova: wednesday
• Cristina Bucsa beat Alexandra Eala: 6-4, 6-3
• Victoria Azarenka beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 6-3, 6-3
• Emma Navarro (10) beat Catherine McNally (WC): 6-2, 6-1
• Emma Raducanu beat Janice Tjen (Q): 6-2, 6-1