US Open: Bronzetti through to third round in straight sets, to meet Zheng next

Italian Lucia Bronzetti won against German qualifier Eva Lys 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Thursday.

Bronzetti, ranked No 76, will play China’s Qinwen Zheng, the No 23 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Italian beat No 12 seed Barbora Krejcikova (6-4, 7-6 (3)).

Lys, ranked No 143, won against American wildcard Robin Montgomery (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
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Sofia Kenin
• Greet Minnen vs. Sachia Vickery
• Ons Jabeur vs. Linda Noskova
• Elina Svitolina vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Petra Martic vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Madison Keys
• Martina Trevisan vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Lesia Tsurenko: thursday
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Clara Burel: thursday
• Jodie Burrage vs. Aryna Sabalenka: thursday
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Tamara Korpatsch: thursday
• Qinwen Zheng 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