Kvitova into US Open third round with walkover over ill Kalinina

Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 21 seed, advanced to the third round of the US Open after Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina withdrew before the match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Thursday.

Two-time major winner Kvitova, ranked No 21, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, the No 9 seed, and Czech qualifier Linda Fruhvirtova next.

In the previous round, the Czech won against Russian qualifier Erika Andreeva (7-6 (3), 6-0). Kalinina, ranked No 47, defeated American Bernarda Pera (6-4, 6-4) in the first round.

New York City (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 40.560.000, most recent results first):

• Cristina Bucsa vs. Danielle Collins
• Kaia Kanepi vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Clara Burel vs. Alison Van Uytvanck
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Garbine Muguruza vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Alize Cornet vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Paula Badosa vs. Petra Martic
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Yue Yuan
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Jule Niemeier
• Iga Swiatek vs. Sloane Stephens
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Jessica Pegula: thursday
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Belinda Bencic: thursday
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Victoria Azarenka: thursday
• Lauren Davis vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova: thursday
• 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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