US Open: Bouzkova powers past Martic to make third round
Marie Bouzkova beat Petra Martic 6-1, 6-2. She’ll face the winner of the match between Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 5 seed, and Linda Noskova in the next round
No 31 seed Marie Bouzkova won against Croat Petra Martic 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Bouzkova, ranked No 31, will face the winner of the match between Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 5 seed, and Linda Noskova next.
Ahead of her victory, Marie Bouzkova defeated American wildcard Ashlyn Krueger (7-5, 6-4).
Martic, ranked No 37, won against German Tatjana Maria (6-2, 6-1) 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):
- Patricia Maria Tig vs. Jessica Pegula
- Greet Minnen vs. Sachia Vickery
- Ons Jabeur vs. Linda Noskova
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Sofia Kenin: thursday
- Marketa Vondrousova (9) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-2, 6-2
- Madison Keys (17) beat Yanina Wickmayer (LL): 6-1, 6-2
- Elina Svitolina (26) beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (22) beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-1, 6-3
- Clara Burel beat Karolina Pliskova (25): 6-4, 6-2
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Jodie Burrage: 6-3, 6-2
- Liudmila Samsonova (14) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-3, 6-3
- Lucia Bronzetti beat Eva Lys (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Qinwen Zheng (23) beat Kaia Kanepi: 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
- Peyton Stearns beat Clara Tauson: 6-3, 6-0
- Katie Boulter beat Yafan Wang (Q): 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
- Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Petra Kvitova (11): 7-5, 7-6 (5)
- Jelena Ostapenko (20) beat Elina Avanesyan: 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
- Jennifer Brady beat Magda Linette (24): 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
- Elena Rybakina vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Bernarda Pera beat Xiyu Wang: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Lin Zhu beat Victoria Azarenka (18): 6-3, 6-3
- Sorana Cirstea (30) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-3, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Daria Saville: 6-3, 6-4
- Karolina Muchova (10) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-3
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Rebeka Masarova: 7-6, 6-2
- Xinyu Wang beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Coco Gauff (6) beat Mirra Andreeva: 6-3, 6-2
- Belinda Bencic (15) beat Yuriko Miyazaki (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Kaja Juvan (Q) beat Lauren Davis: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 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