US Open: Potapova ends Lepchenko run, reaches third round

Russian Anastasia Potapova won against American qualifier Varvara Lepchenko 6-3, 6-4 to reach the third round of the US Open on Thursday.

Potapova, ranked No 38, will play Czech Karolina Muchova next.

In the previous round, the Russian edged out Canadian Leylah Fernandez, the No 23 seed (2-6, 6-4, 7-5).

Lepchenko, ranked No 199, benefited from the abandonment of Brenda Fruhvirtova (2-1) in the previous round.

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

• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Renata Zarazua
• Naomi Osaka vs. Karolina Muchova
• Elena Rybakina vs. Jessika Ponchet
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Pegula: thursday
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Ena Shibahara (Q): 6-0, 6-1
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (22) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-2, 6-1
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Mirra Andreeva (21): 6-1, 6-4
• Jasmine Paolini (5) beat Karolina Pliskova: 0-0 ret.
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova: thursday
• Sara Errani beat Caroline Dolehide: 7-5, 7-5
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Katie Boulter (31): 7-5, 7-5
• Yulia Putintseva (30) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Anna Kalinskaya (15) beat Anna Bondar: 6-2, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider (18) beat Clara Tauson: 6-4, 6-4
• Peyton Stearns beat Daria Kasatkina (12): 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Elina Svitolina (27) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-1, 6-2
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 6-0
• Victoria Azarenka (20) beat Clara Burel: 6-1, 6-4
• Donna Vekic (24) beat Greet Minnen: 7-5, 6-1
• Emma Navarro (13) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-1, 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 6-1
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (29) beat Iva Jovic (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Marta Kostyuk (19) beat Harriet Dart: 7-6 (10), 6-1
• Yafan Wang beat Diane Parry: 6-0, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Erika Andreeva: 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-2
• Madison Keys (14) beat Maya Joint (Q): 6-4, 6-0
• Elise Mertens (33) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 6-2
• Jule Niemeier beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-4, 6-0
• Paula Badosa (26) beat Taylor Townsend: 6-3, 7-5
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (8): 6-4, 7-5