US Open: Sabalenka thrashes Bronzetti, extends winning streak to seven
Aryna Sabalenka won against Lucia Bronzetti 6-3, 6-1 on Wednesday. She’ll face Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 29 seed, in the next round
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Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, beat Italian Lucia Bronzetti 6-3, 6-1 to move into the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Wednesday.
Sabalenka, ranked No 2, will play Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 29 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the Belarusian won against Australian qualifier Priscilla Hon (6-3, 6-3).
This was the seventh win in a row on the tour for Sabalenka, who came into New York after winning the Cincinnati title.
Bronzetti, ranked No 76, benefited from the retirement of New Zealander Lulu Sun (6-3) in the previous round.
New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Renata Zarazua
- Naomi Osaka vs. Karolina Muchova
- Elena Rybakina vs. Jessika Ponchet
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Pegula
- Iga Swiatek vs. Ena Shibahara
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Varvara Lepchenko vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Katie Boulter vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Sara Errani
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Xinyu Wang
- Anna Bondar vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Clara Tauson vs. Diana Shnaider
- Tatjana Maria vs. Coco Gauff
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Clara Burel
- Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Donna Vekic vs. Greet Minnen
- Elina Svitolina vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Emma Navarro vs. Arantxa Rus
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Iva Jovic: wednesday
- Marta Kostyuk (19) beat Harriet Dart: 7-6 (10), 6-1
- Yafan Wang beat Diane Parry: 6-0, 6-4
- Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Erika Andreeva: 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-2
- Madison Keys (14) beat Maya Joint (Q): 6-4, 6-0
- Elise Mertens (33) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 6-2
- Jule Niemeier beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-4, 6-0
- Paula Badosa (26) beat Taylor Townsend: 6-3, 7-5
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (8): 6-4, 7-5
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