US Open: Paolini beats Putintseva, sets up meeting with Muchova

Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 5 seed, reached the last 16 of the US Open by beating Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 30 seed, 6-3, 6-4 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Paolini, ranked No 5, will play Karolina Muchova next.

The Italian edged out Canadian wildcard Bianca Andreescu (6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4) and benefited from the abandonment of Karolina Pliskova (0-0) ahead of her victory.

In the previous rounds, Putintseva, ranked No 32, beat Linda Noskova (7-6 (3), 6-4) and Chinese Xinyu Wang (6-1, 7-6 (4)).

New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):

• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Iga Swiatek vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Jessika Ponchet vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Sara Errani vs. Diana Shnaider
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Jessica Pegula: saturday
• Karolina Muchova beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-4, 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (29): 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Elise Mertens (33) beat Madison Keys (14): 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4
• Donna Vekic (24) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-5, 6-4
• Emma Navarro (13) beat Marta Kostyuk (19): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
• Yafan Wang beat Victoria Azarenka (20): 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Elina Svitolina (27): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-2, 6-1
• Paula Badosa (26) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8)