US Open: Juvan advances to third round, faces world No 1 Swiatek

Slovenian qualifier Kaja Juvan advanced to the third round of the US Open by winning against American Lauren Davis 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Wednesday evening.

Juvan, ranked No 145, will face Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, next.

The 22-year-old Slovenian beat Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the No 29 seed (6-2, 7-5) in the previous round of the Flushing Meadow tournament.

In the previous round of the Flushing Meadow tournament, Davis, ranked No 50, defeated Montenegrin Danka Kovinic (6-2, 6-2).

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
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Lin Zhu
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Xiyu Wang vs. Bernarda Pera
• Iga Swiatek vs. Daria Saville
• Karolina Muchova vs. Magdalena Frech: wednesday
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Rebeka Masarova: wednesday
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Xinyu Wang: wednesday
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Mirra Andreeva: 6-3, 6-2
• Belinda Bencic (15) beat Yuriko Miyazaki (Q): 6-3, 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