US Open: Keys dismantles lucky loser Wickmayer to make third round

American Madison Keys, the No 17 seed, moved into the third round of the US Open by beating Belgian lucky loser Yanina Wickmayer 6-1, 6-2 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Keys, ranked No 17, will play a fellow big-hitter Liudmila Samsonova, the No 14 seed, next.

“Obviously going to be whoever can get on offense as quickly as possible. That’s just kind of the matchup it’s going to be. We have played each other, I think we’ve played twice. I think we’ve won one. She’s been playing some really good tennis. I feel like I have had a pretty good season so far as well,” the American said of her Russian rival.

“It’s really going to come down to who can go for things at the right time, who can reel back at other times. It’s always, you know, the smallest of margins when you’re playing someone who plays like that. Looking forward to it.”

Ahead of her victory, the American won against Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus (6-2, 6-4).

Wickmayer, ranked No 85, won against Russian qualifier Vera Zvonareva (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of the Flushing Meadow tournament.

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):

• Patricia Maria Tig vs. Jessica Pegula
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Sofia Kenin
• Greet Minnen vs. Sachia Vickery
• Ons Jabeur vs. Linda Noskova
• Petra Martic vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Martina Trevisan vs. Marketa Vondrousova: thursday
• Elina Svitolina vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: thursday
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (22) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-1, 6-3
• Clara Burel beat Karolina Pliskova (25): 6-4, 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Jodie Burrage: 6-3, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-3, 6-3
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Eva Lys (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Qinwen Zheng (23) beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
• Peyton Stearns beat Clara Tauson: 6-3, 6-0
• Katie Boulter beat Yafan Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
• Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Petra Kvitova (11): 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Jelena Ostapenko (20) beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
• Jennifer Brady beat Magda Linette (24): 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
• Elena Rybakina vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Bernarda Pera beat Xiyu Wang: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Lin Zhu beat Victoria Azarenka (18): 6-3, 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea (30) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-3, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Daria Saville: 6-3, 6-4
• Karolina Muchova (10) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Rebeka Masarova: 7-6, 6-2
• Xinyu Wang beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Mirra Andreeva: 6-3, 6-2
• Belinda Bencic (15) beat Yuriko Miyazaki (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Kaja Juvan (Q) beat Lauren Davis: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3
• Taylor Townsend beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (19): 7-6 (1), 7-5
• Elise Mertens (32) beat Danielle Collins: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-1