US Open: Pegula moves into last 16
Jessica Pegula defeated Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 7-5 on Friday evening. She’ll face the winner of the match between Australian qualifier Priscilla Hon and American Ann Li in the next round
Jessica Pegula, Miami Open 2024
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American Jessica Pegula, the No 4 seed, won against Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 7-5 to advance to the last 16 of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Friday.
Pegula, ranked No 4, will play the winner of the match between Australian qualifier Priscilla Hon and American Ann Li next.
New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 90.000.000, most recent results first):
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Maria Sakkari
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Iga Swiatek
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Laura Siegemund
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Naomi Osaka
- Diane Parry vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Magdalena Frech vs. Coco Gauff
- Linda Noskova vs. Karolina Muchova
- Taylor Townsend vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Emma Navarro vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Priscilla Hon vs. Ann Li
- Elise Mertens vs. Cristina Bucsa: friday
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Jasmine Paolini (7): 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Elena Rybakina (9) beat Emma Raducanu: 6-1, 6-2
