US Open: Alexandrova beats 16-year-old American Jovic, faces Sabalenka in third round
Ekaterina Alexandrova edged out Iva Jovic 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday. She’ll face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, in the next round
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Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 29 seed, edged out American wildcard Iva Jovic 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 to reach the third round of the US Open in New York on Wednesday.
Alexandrova, ranked No 31, will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, next.
The Russian edged out Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-7 (4), 6-0, 7-5) in the previous round.
In the previous round, Jovic, ranked No 389, won against Pole Magda Linette (6-4, 6-3).
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
- Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Tatjana Maria vs. Coco Gauff
- Elina Svitolina vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Clara Burel
- Donna Vekic vs. Greet Minnen
- Emma Navarro vs. Arantxa Rus: wednesday
- Aryna Sabalenka beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 6-1
- 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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