US Open: Townsend books spot in third round, takes out 19th seed Haddad Maia

American Taylor Townsend advanced to the third round of the US Open by winning against Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 19 seed, 7-6 (1), 7-5 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Wednesday evening.

Townsend, ranked No 132, will play the winner of the match between No 10 seed Karolina Muchova and Pole Magdalena Frech next.

Ahead of her victory, the American defeated Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (6-4, 6-2).

Haddad Maia, ranked No 19, edged out American Sloane Stephens (6-2, 5-7, 6-4) in the previous round of the Flushing Meadow tournament.

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

• Petra Kvitova vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Jodie Burrage vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Clara Burel
• Greet Minnen vs. Sachia Vickery
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Sofia Kenin
• Eva Lys vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Kaia Kanepi
• Petra Martic vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Ons Jabeur vs. Linda Noskova
• Patricia Maria Tig vs. Jessica Pegula
• Elina Svitolina vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Madison Keys
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Martina Trevisan vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Peyton Stearns vs. Clara Tauson
• Yafan Wang vs. Katie Boulter
• Elena Rybakina vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Jennifer Brady vs. Magda Linette
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Iga Swiatek vs. Daria Saville
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Lin Zhu
• Xiyu Wang vs. Bernarda Pera
• Karolina Muchova vs. Magdalena Frech
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Rebeka Masarova: wednesday
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Xinyu Wang: wednesday
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Coco Gauff: wednesday
• Belinda Bencic (15) beat Yuriko Miyazaki (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Lauren Davis vs. Kaja Juvan: wednesday
• Elise Mertens vs. Danielle Collins: wednesday