Niemeier sees off Putintseva in second round at US Open
Jule Niemeier won against Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Potapova and Chinese Qinwen Zheng in the next round
German Jule Niemeier advanced to the third round of the US Open by defeating Kazakh Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Thursday.
Niemeier, ranked No 108, quarter-finalist at Wimbledon this year, will face the winner of the match between Russian Anastasia Potapova and Chinese Qinwen Zheng next.
The German won against American wildcard Sofia Kenin (7-6 (3), 6-4) ahead of her victory. Putintseva, ranked No 38, beat American Amanda Anisimova, the No 24 seed (6-3, 6-3).
US Open, New York City (Grand Slam), other second-round results
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 6-2
- 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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