Top seed Swiatek cruises past Stephens to reach US Open third round

World No 1 Iga Swiatek made light work of former champion Sloane Stephens at the US Open on Thursday as she won 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the third round at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

The top seed cruised to victory and will now play American Lauren Davis, who defeated the seed No28 Alexandrova.

Ahead of her victory, the 21-year-old Pole beat Italian Jasmine Paolini (6-3, 6-0). Stephens, ranked No 51 but the champion in 2017, defeated Belgian Greet Minnen (1-6, 6-3, 6-3) in the previous round.

The US Open women’s draw has already lost several major names during the first two rounds. Anett Kontaveit (2), Maria Sakkari (3), Paula Badosa (4) Simona Halep (7), Daria Kasatkina (10), 2021 winner Emma Raducanu (11), 2021 runner-up Leylah Fernandez (14), Jelena Ostapenko (16) and two-time winner Naomi Osaka.

US Open, New York City (Grand Slam), other second-round results

• Cristina Bucsa vs. Danielle Collins
• Kaia Kanepi vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Clara Burel vs. Alison Van Uytvanck
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Garbine Muguruza vs. Linda Fruhvirtova
• Alize Cornet vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Yue Yuan
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Petra Kvitova
• Paula Badosa vs. Petra Martic: thursday
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Jule Niemeier: thursday
• Jessica Pegula (8) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-4, 6-4
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Belinda Bencic: thursday
• Victoria Azarenka (26) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-2, 6-3
• Lauren Davis beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (28): 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Bianca Andreescu beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (15): 6-2, 6-4
• Liudmila Samsonova beat Leylah Fernandez (14): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Aleksandra Krunic beat Barbora Krejcikova (23): 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Serena Williams beat Anett Kontaveit (2): 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Evgeniya Rodina: 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
• Caroline Garcia (17) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-3, 6-1
• Coco Gauff (12) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
• Dalma Galfi beat Harriet Dart: 6-4, 6-0
• Veronika Kudermetova (18) beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-2, 6-3
• Rebecca Marino beat Daria Snigur (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Madison Keys (20) beat Camila Giorgi: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
• Shuai Zhang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 7-5, 6-1
• Alison Riske-Amritraj (29) beat Camila Osorio: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5)
• Ons Jabeur (5) beat Elizabeth Mandlik (WC): 7-5, 6-2
• Xiyu Wang beat Maria Sakkari (3): 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
• Shelby Rogers (31) beat Viktoria Kuzmova (Q): 7-5, 6-1

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