Former US Open semi-finalist Errani back in third round
Sara Errani won against Caroline Dolehide 7-5, 7-5 on Thursday. She’ll face Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 18 seed, in the next round
Italian Sara Errani won against American Caroline Dolehide 7-5, 7-5 to move into the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Thursday evening.
Errani, ranked No 96 and a semi-finalist here in 2012, will play Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 18 seed, next.
The 37-year-old Italian edged out Spaniard Cristina Bucsa (3-6, 6-0, 6-4) in the previous round.
This is the first time since the 2021 Australian Open (and only the second time in the last nine years) that the former world No 5 has made it to the third round at a Major.
During the first round, Dolehide, ranked No 49, edged out No 11 seed Danielle Collins (1-6, 7-5, 6-4).
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: thursday
- Varvara Lepchenko vs. Anastasia Potapova: thursday
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo: thursday
- Ashlyn Krueger beat Mirra Andreeva (21): 6-1, 6-4
- Jasmine Paolini (5) beat Karolina Pliskova: 0-0 ret.
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova: thursday
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Katie Boulter (31): 7-5, 7-5
- Yulia Putintseva (30) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Anna Kalinskaya (15) beat Anna Bondar: 6-2, 6-4
- Diana Shnaider beat Clara Tauson: 6-4, 6-4
- Peyton Stearns beat Daria Kasatkina (12): 6-1, 7-6 (3)
- Elina Svitolina (27) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-1, 6-2
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 6-0
- Victoria Azarenka (20) beat Clara Burel: 6-1, 6-4
- 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