US Open: American Li upsets 16th seed Bencic in second round
The American will face Australian qualifier Priscilla Hon in the next round
Ann Li, Rosmalen 2025
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American Ann Li reached the third round of the US Open by winning against Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 16 seed, 6-3, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Wednesday.
Li, ranked No 69, will play Australian qualifier Priscilla Hon next for a spot in the fourth round.
The American edged out Slovak Rebecca Sramkova (4-6, 6-2, 6-4) ahead of her win today.
In the previous round, Bencic, ranked No 18, defeated Chinese qualifier Shuai Zhang (6-3, 6-3).
New York (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 90,000,000):
- 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
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Leylah Fernandez: wednesday
- McCartney Kessler vs. Marketa Vondrousova: wednesday
- Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Iva Jovic: 6-3, 6-3
- Mirra Andreeva (5) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-1, 6-3
- Elise Mertens (19) beat Lulu Sun: 6-2, 6-3
- Priscilla Hon beat Liudmila Samsonova (17): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Taylor Townsend beat Jelena Ostapenko (25): 7-5, 6-1
- Elena Rybakina (9) beat Tereza Valentova (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (7)
- Barbora Krejcikova beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-4, 6-2
- Jessica Pegula (4) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-1, 6-3
- 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
