US Open: Ostapenko sneaks into third round, plays Pera next

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 20 seed, sneaked into the third round of the US Open after a close win over Russian Elina Avanesyan 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Wednesday.

Ostapenko, ranked No 21 in the world and a former French Open champion, was leading by a set and 5-2 before Avanesyan fought back to take the match into a decider. The Latvian won a tight final set 7-5 and will play American Bernarda Pera next.

In the previous round, the big-hitting Latvian defeated Italian Jasmine Paolini (6-2, 4-6, 6-1).

Avanesyan, ranked No 66, edged out Frenchwoman Alize Cornet (6-2, 1-6, 6-4) during the first round of the Flushing Meadow tournament.

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44,700,000, most recent results first):

• 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
• 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
• Elina Svitolina vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Madison Keys
• Jodie Burrage vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Martina Trevisan vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Clara Burel
• Eva Lys vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Kaia Kanepi
• Peyton Stearns vs. Clara Tauson
• Yafan Wang vs. Katie Boulter
• Petra Kvitova vs. Caroline Wozniacki

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