US Open: Stearns upsets 12th seed Kasatkina to reach third round for second year running

American Peyton Stearns reached the third round of the US Open by defeating Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 12 seed, 6-1, 7-6 (3) in New York on Wednesday.

Last year, Stearns, ranked No 47 in the world, made the fourth round in New York and will play Croat Donna Vekic, the No 24 seed, to replicate that feat..

The 22-year-old American won against Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko (6-1, 7-5) in the previous round.

During the first round, Kasatkina, ranked No 13, beat Romanian Jaqueline Cristian (6-2, 6-4).

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
• Iga Swiatek vs. Ena Shibahara
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Varvara Lepchenko vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Katie Boulter vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Sara Errani
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Xinyu Wang
• Anna Bondar vs. Anna Kalinskaya
• Clara Tauson vs. Diana Shnaider
• 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 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