US Open: Collins wins to set up Cornet clash in round three
Danielle Collins defeated Cristina Bucsa 6-2, 7-5 on Thursday night to reach the third round of the US Open for the second year in a row
American Danielle Collins, the No 19 seed defeated Spanish qualifier Cristina Bucsa 6-2, 7-5 to reach the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Thursday night.
This is the second year in a row that the 28-year-old American has advanced to the third round at Flushing Meadows – which has been her best result in her home Grand Slam so far.
Collins had scored a win over two-time US Open champion Naomi Osaka in the first round.
Danielle Collins, ranked No 19, will play next play Frenchwoman Alize Cornet next. Cornet, who defeated defending champion Emma Raducanu in the first round, needed three sets to beat Katerina Siniakova 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
US Open, New York City (Grand Slam), other second-round results
- Karolina Pliskova (22) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-3, 6-2
- Aryna Sabalenka (6) beat Kaia Kanepi: 2-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4
- Garbine Muguruza (9) beat Linda Fruhvirtova (Q): 6-0, 6-4
- Alize Cornet beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
- Yue Yuan (Q) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 7-6 (6)
- Qinwen Zheng beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
- Petra Kvitova beat Anhelina Kalinina: walkover
- Petra Martic beat Paula Badosa (4): 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 6-2
- Jule Niemeier beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-4, 6-3
- Jessica Pegula (8) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-4, 6-4
- Belinda Bencic (13) beat Sorana Cirstea: 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Victoria Azarenka (26) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-2, 6-3
- Lauren Davis beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (28): 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Bianca Andreescu beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (15): 6-2, 6-4
- Liudmila Samsonova beat Leylah Fernandez (14): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Aleksandra Krunic beat Barbora Krejcikova (23): 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Serena Williams beat Anett Kontaveit (2): 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Evgeniya Rodina: 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
- Caroline Garcia (17) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-3, 6-1
- Coco Gauff (12) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Dalma Galfi beat Harriet Dart: 6-4, 6-0
- Veronika Kudermetova (18) beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-2, 6-3
- Rebecca Marino beat Daria Snigur (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Madison Keys (20) beat Camila Giorgi: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
- Shuai Zhang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 7-5, 6-1
- Alison Riske-Amritraj (29) beat Camila Osorio: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5)
- Ons Jabeur (5) beat Elizabeth Mandlik (WC): 7-5, 6-2
- Xiyu Wang beat Maria Sakkari (3): 3-6, 7-5, 7-5
- Shelby Rogers (31) beat Viktoria Kuzmova (Q): 7-5, 6-1