US Open: Bencic books spot in third round, Miyazaki first Brit to fall
Belinda Bencic won against Yuriko Miyazaki 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday evening. She’ll face the winner of the match between Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 18 seed, and Chinese Lin Zhu in the next round
Belinda Bencic US Open – Imago / Panoramic
Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 15 seed, beat qualifier Yuriko Lily Miyazaki 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Wednesday evening.
Bencic, ranked No 13, will face the winner of the match between Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 18 seed, and Chinese Lin Zhu next.
The Swiss won against Russian Kamilla Rakhimova (6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of the Flushing Meadow tournament.
In the first round of the Flushing Meadow tournament, Miyazaki, ranked No 198, defeated Russian Margarita Betova (6-3, 6-3).
New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):
- Petra Kvitova vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Jodie Burrage vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Clara Burel
- Greet Minnen vs. Sachia Vickery
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Sofia Kenin
- Eva Lys vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Kaia Kanepi
- Petra Martic vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Ons Jabeur vs. Linda Noskova
- Patricia Maria Tig vs. Jessica Pegula
- Elina Svitolina vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Madison Keys
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Martina Trevisan vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Peyton Stearns vs. Clara Tauson
- Yafan Wang vs. Katie Boulter
- Elena Rybakina vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Jennifer Brady vs. Magda Linette
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Xiyu Wang vs. Bernarda Pera
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Rebeka Masarova: wednesday
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Xinyu Wang
- Karolina Muchova vs. Magdalena Frech
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Lin Zhu
- Iga Swiatek vs. Daria Saville
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Coco Gauff: wednesday
- Lauren Davis vs. Kaja Juvan: wednesday
- Taylor Townsend vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia: wednesday
- Elise Mertens vs. Danielle Collins: wednesday
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