US Open: Zheng into last 16, faces Jabeur next

Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 23 seed, edged out Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to reach the last 16 of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Saturday evening.

Zheng, ranked No 23, will face Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 5 seed, for a spot in the quarter-finals.

Ahead of her victory, the 20-year-old Chinese beat Argentinian Nadia Podoroska (6-1, 6-0) and Estonian Kaia Kanepi (6-2, 3-6, 6-2).

Bronzetti, ranked No 76, won against No 12 seed Barbora Krejcikova (6-4, 7-6 (3)) and German qualifier Eva Lys (6-3, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

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
• Katie Boulter vs. Peyton Stearns
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Elina Svitolina (26): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• 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