US Open: French qualifier Burel wins to set up Sabalenka clash in third round

Clara Burel edged out Alison Van Uytvanck 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 on Thursday night to reach the third round of the US Open for the first time

Clara Burel at the 2022 US Open in New York Clara Burel at the 2022 US Open in New York Image Credit: Antoine Couvercelle / Panoramic

French qualifier Clara Burel edged out Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to move into the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Thursday night.

The 21-year-old Frenchwoman had come off a big upset win over Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, the No 25 seed (6-4, 6-4), in the previous round at Flushing Meadows.

Burel is a former world No 1 among the juniors and reached two Grand Slam junior singles finals, including the US Open in 2018.

Burel, ranked No 131, will next play Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the No 6 seed, who came back from the brink to beat Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi in three sets.

US Open, New York City (Grand Slam), other second-round results

  • Danielle Collins (19) beat Cristina Bucsa (Q): 6-2, 7-5
  • Karolina Pliskova (22) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-3, 6-2
  • Aryna Sabalenka beat Kaia Kanepi: 2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4
  • Garbine Muguruza (9) beat Linda Fruhvirtova (Q): 6-0, 6-4
  • Alize Cornet beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
  • Yue Yuan (Q) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 7-6 (6)
  • Qinwen Zheng beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
  • Petra Kvitova beat Anhelina Kalinina: walkover
  • Petra Martic beat Paula Badosa (4): 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2
  • Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 6-2
  • Jule Niemeier beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-4, 6-3
  • Jessica Pegula (8) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-4, 6-4
  • Belinda Bencic (13) beat Sorana Cirstea: 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
  • Victoria Azarenka (26) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-2, 6-3
  • Lauren Davis beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (28): 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
  • Bianca Andreescu beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (15): 6-2, 6-4
  • Liudmila Samsonova beat Leylah Fernandez (14): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
  • Aleksandra Krunic beat Barbora Krejcikova (23): 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
  • Serena Williams beat Anett Kontaveit (2): 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2
  • Ajla Tomljanovic beat Evgeniya Rodina: 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
  • Caroline Garcia (17) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-3, 6-1
  • Coco Gauff (12) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
  • Dalma Galfi beat Harriet Dart: 6-4, 6-0
  • Veronika Kudermetova (18) beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-2, 6-3
  • Rebecca Marino beat Daria Snigur (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
  • Madison Keys (20) beat Camila Giorgi: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
  • Shuai Zhang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 7-5, 6-1
  • Alison Riske-Amritraj (29) beat Camila Osorio: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5)
  • Ons Jabeur (5) beat Elizabeth Mandlik (WC): 7-5, 6-2
  • Xiyu Wang beat Maria Sakkari (3): 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
  • Shelby Rogers (31) beat Viktoria Kuzmova (Q): 7-5, 6-1

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