US Open: Mertens beats former Slam finalist Collins, to meet Gauff in third round

Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 32 seed, won against American Danielle Collins 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-1 to move into the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Wednesday evening.

Mertens, ranked No 32, will play American Coco Gauff, the No 6 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Belgian edged out Swede qualifier Mirjam Bjorklund (3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)).

Collins, ranked No 34, defeated Linda Fruhvirtova (6-2, 6-0) 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):

• 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
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Lin Zhu
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Iga Swiatek vs. Daria Saville
• Karolina Muchova vs. Magdalena Frech
• Xiyu Wang vs. Bernarda Pera
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Rebeka Masarova: wednesday
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Xinyu Wang: wednesday
• Coco Gauff beat Mirra Andreeva: 6-3, 6-2
• Belinda Bencic (15) beat Yuriko Miyazaki (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Lauren Davis vs. Kaja Juvan: wednesday
• Taylor Townsend beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (19): 7-6 (1), 7-5