US Open: Sabalenka moves into last 16

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, defeated Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 31 seed, 6-3, 7-6 (2) to reach the last 16 of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Friday night.

Sabalenka, ranked No 1, will face Spaniard Cristina Bucsa next.

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

• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Maria Sakkari
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Iga Swiatek
• Amanda Anisimova vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Laura Siegemund
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Naomi Osaka
• Diane Parry vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Magdalena Frech vs. Coco Gauff
• Linda Noskova vs. Karolina Muchova
• Taylor Townsend vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Barbora Krejcikova beat Emma Navarro (10): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Ann Li beat Priscilla Hon (Q): 7-5, 6-3
• Cristina Bucsa beat Elise Mertens (19): 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Victoria Azarenka: 6-1, 7-5
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Jasmine Paolini (7): 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Elena Rybakina (9) beat Emma Raducanu: 6-1, 6-2