US Open: Azarenka overcomes migraine and Burel to reach third round

Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 20 seed, beat Frenchwoman Clara Burel 6-1, 6-4 to reach the third round of the US Open in New York on Wednesday.

The three-time runner up’s victory was looking unlikely at one stage in the match, with Azarenka taking a medical timeout down 3-1 in the second set. She was in tears, with what appeared to be a migraine severely hampering her.

However, the former No 1 bounced back strong, and was emotional after closing out the match in straight sets to make the third round in New York.

Azarenka, ranked No 20, will play Chinese Yafan Wang next.

The 35-year-old Belarusian won against Ukrainian qualifier Yulia Starodubtseva (3-6, 6-1, 6-1) in the previous round.

In the previous round, Burel, ranked No 56, edged out American Sloane Stephens (0-6, 7-5, 7-5).

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: wednesday
• Elina Svitolina vs. Anhelina Kalinina: wednesday
• Tatjana Maria vs. Coco Gauff: wednesday
• Donna Vekic (24) beat Greet Minnen: 7-5, 6-1
• Emma Navarro (13) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-1, 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 6-1
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (29) beat Iva Jovic (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
• 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