US Open: Stearns races into third round early on day four

American Peyton Stearns advanced to the third round of the US Open by winning against Dane Clara Tauson 6-3, 6-0 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York early on day four.

Earlier in the tournament, Tauson had caused an upset when she ousted Russian Anastasia Potapova, the No 27 seed, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3. However, the Dane, ranked No 87, was unable to back up her performance, winning only three games in a one-sided affair to open play on Thursday at the US Open.

With the match lasting a little over an hour, Stearns hit Tauson off the court with 26 winners to eight, winning 89 percent of first serve points and breaking her opponent’s serve four times.

Stearns, ranked No 59, will face the winner of the match between Chinese qualifier Yafan Wang and Katie Boulter next. Ahead of her victory, the 21-year-old American beat Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-3, 6-4).

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):

• Patricia Maria Tig vs. Jessica Pegula
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Sofia Kenin
• Greet Minnen vs. Sachia Vickery
• Ons Jabeur vs. Linda Noskova
• Petra Martic vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Elina Svitolina vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Madison Keys
• Jodie Burrage vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Clara Burel
• Martina Trevisan vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Eva Lys vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Kaia Kanepi: thursday
• Yafan Wang vs. Katie Boulter: thursday
• 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