US Open: Stearns knocks out Katie Boulter to book spot in last 16

American Peyton Stearns reached the last 16 of the US Open by winning against Katie Boulter 6-4, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Stearns, ranked No 59, will face the winner of the match between Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 22 seed, and No 9 seed Marketa Vondrousova next.

The 21-year-old American defeated Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-3, 6-4) and Dane Clara Tauson (6-3, 6-0) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Flushing Meadow tournament, Boulter, ranked No 61, beat Frenchwoman Diane Parry (6-4, 6-0) and edged out Chinese qualifier Yafan Wang (5-7, 6-1, 6-4).

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
• Jessica Pegula (3) beat Elina Svitolina (26): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• Qinwen Zheng (23) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• 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