US Open: Marino advances to third round, defeating first round hero Snigur

Canadian Rebecca Marino won against Ukrainian qualifier Daria Snigur 6-3, 7-6 (5) to advance to the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Wednesday.

Marino, ranked No 106, will play Chinese Shuai Zhang next. Zhang has just beaten Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (7-5, 6-1).

In the previous round of the Flushing Meadows, Snigur, ranked No 124, edged out Romanian Simona Halep, the No 7 seed (6-2, 0-6, 6-4), in what was the first major upset of the 2022 US Open.

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US Open, New York City (Grand Slam), other second-round results so far

• Shuai Zhang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 7-5, 6-1
• Alison Riske-Amritraj vs. Camila Osorio: wednesday
• 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