US Open: Pegula cruises into third round, to meet Svitolina next

American Jessica Pegula, the No 3 seed, defeated Romanian Patricia Maria Tig 6-3, 6-1 to reach the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Thursday.

Pegula, ranked No 3, will play Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 26 seed, next. The American holds a 3-1 edge over Svitolina, winning their last three matches, including one Washington prior to the US Open.

Ahead of her win on Thursday, the American won against Italian Camila Giorgi (6-2, 6-2) in the first round.

Patricia Maria Tig won against Canadian Rebecca Marino (7-6 (6), 7-6 (1)) in the opening round of the Flushing Meadow tournament.

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

• Greet Minnen (Q) beat Sachia Vickery (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Ons Jabeur (5) beat Linda Noskova: 7-6 (7), 4-6, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova (31) beat Petra Martic: 6-1, 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina (13) beat Sofia Kenin: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Marketa Vondrousova (9) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-2
• Madison Keys (17) beat Yanina Wickmayer (LL): 6-1, 6-2
• Elina Svitolina beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (22) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-1, 6-3
• Clara Burel beat Karolina Pliskova (25): 6-4, 6-2
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Jodie Burrage: 6-3, 6-2
• Liudmila Samsonova (14) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-3, 6-3
• Lucia Bronzetti beat Eva Lys (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Qinwen Zheng (23) beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
• Peyton Stearns beat Clara Tauson: 6-3, 6-0
• Katie Boulter beat Yafan Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
• Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Petra Kvitova (11): 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Jelena Ostapenko (20) beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
• 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