US Open: Gauff scores another bagel on way to third round, faces Svitolina next

American Coco Gauff, the No 3 seed, won against German Tatjana Maria 6-4, 6-0 to reach the third round of the US Open in New York on Wednesday night.

The win means defending champion Gauff has now won nine matches in a row at the US Open, with her last two ending in second-set bagels.

“Last week I felt more pressure,” shared Gauff after the match. “Stepping on the court now I have really nothing to lose.

“I’m 20 years old. I have one under my belt. I have the potential to do more whether it happens this year or in the future.”

Gauff, ranked No 3, will play the winner of the match between No 27 seed Elina Svitolina and Anhelina Kalinina next.

The 20-year-old American defeated Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (6-2, 6-0) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round, Maria, ranked No 99, beat Argentinian qualifier Solana Sierra (6-2, 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: wednesday
• Elina Svitolina vs. Anhelina Kalinina: wednesday
• 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