Linda Fruhvirtova, 17, sets up Muguruza clash at US Open after first win at major

Czech qualifier Linda Fruhvirtova moved into the second round of the US Open by defeating Chinese Xinyu Wang 6-3, 6-4 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Tuesday.

That is the first win in a major tournament for the Czech young gun, who made herself famous with a run to the last 16 in Miami earlier this year. She’s the older sister of Brenda Fruhvirtova, 15, who has already won several ITF trophies.

“Of course it feels amazing, and these are the matches you work hard for, these results”, she said after the match. “So I’m really happy that I could get another win here.”

Fruhvirtova, ranked No 167, could now play Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, seed No 9 and twice a major champion, who defeated Danish Clara Tauson.

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US Open, New York City (Grand Slam), other first-round results so far

• Jessica Pegula (8) beat Viktorija Golubic (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-3, 6-0
• Leylah Fernandez (14) beat Oceane Dodin: 6-3, 6-4
• Viktoria Kuzmova (Q) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-3, 6-4
• Liudmila Samsonova beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Serena Williams beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 6-3
• Aleksandra Krunic beat Elina Avanesyan (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 6-2
• Anett Kontaveit (2) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-3, 6-0
• Barbora Krejcikova (23) beat Fernanda Contreras Gomez (Q): 6-0, 6-4
• Shelby Rogers (31) beat Arantxa Rus: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Karolina Muchova: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Shuai Zhang beat Jil Teichmann (30): 6-4, 6-2
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse beat Daria Saville: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Rebecca Marino beat Magdalena Frech: 6-2, 6-3
• Evgeniya Rodina beat Martina Trevisan (27): 7-5, 6-1
• Ons Jabeur (5) beat Madison Brengle: 7-5, 6-2
• Xiyu Wang beat Diane Parry: 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
• Madison Keys (20) beat Dayana Yastremska: 7-6 (3), 6-3
• Harriet Dart beat Daria Kasatkina (10): 7-6 (8), 1-6, 6-3
• Camila Giorgi beat Anna Bondar: 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (15) beat Ana Konjuh: 6-0, 6-0
• Coco Gauff (12) beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-2, 6-3
• Maryna Zanevska beat Coco Vandeweghe (WC): 6-1, 7-5
• Dalma Galfi beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-4, 6-3
• Daria Snigur (Q) beat Simona Halep (7): 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
• Elizabeth Mandlik (WC) beat Tamara Zidansek: 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Bianca Andreescu beat Harmony Tan (WC): 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
• Maria Sakkari (3) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
• Veronika Kudermetova (18) beat Donna Vekic: 7-5, 6-3
• Camila Osorio beat Ann Li: 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Alison Riske-Amritraj (29) beat Eleana Yu (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Caroline Garcia (17) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (LL): 6-2, 6-4
• Anna Kalinskaya beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-4, 6-3

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