US Open: Stearns knocks out Katie Boulter to book spot in last 16
Peyton Stearns beat Katie Boulter 6-4, 6-3 and will play the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova and Vondrousova in the next round
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American Peyton Stearns reached the last 16 of the US Open by winning against Katie Boulter 6-4, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Stearns, ranked No 59, will face the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 22 seed, and No 9 seed Marketa Vondrousova next.
The 21-year-old American defeated Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-3, 6-4) and Dane Clara Tauson (6-3, 6-0) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds of the Flushing Meadow tournament, Boulter, ranked No 61, beat Frenchwoman Diane Parry (6-4, 6-0) and edged out Chinese qualifier Yafan Wang (5-7, 6-1, 6-4).
New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Ons Jabeur vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Jessica Pegula (3) beat Elina Svitolina (26): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
- Qinwen Zheng (23) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- Madison Keys (17) beat Liudmila Samsonova (14): 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Clara Burel: 6-1, 6-1
- Daria Kasatkina (13) beat Greet Minnen (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Sorana Cirstea (30) beat Elena Rybakina (4): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4
- Belinda Bencic (15) beat Lin Zhu: 7-6 (1), 2-6, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (6) beat Elise Mertens (32): 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
- Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Jennifer Brady: 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Jelena Ostapenko (20) beat Bernarda Pera: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Kaja Juvan (Q): 6-0, 6-1
- Xinyu Wang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Karolina Muchova (10) beat Taylor Townsend: 7-6, 6-3
