US Open: Another American falls as Ostapenko survives Pera test

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 20 seed, moved into the last 16 of the US Open by defeating American Bernarda Pera 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Friday.

Next up, Ostapenko, will play Iga Swiatek, the top seed, who blasted past qualifier Juvan for the loss of only one game earlier today.

Ahead of her victory, the Latvian won against Italian Jasmine Paolini (6-2, 4-6, 6-1) and edged out Russian Elina Avanesyan (6-3, 5-7, 7-5). Pera, ranked No 73, beat Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 16 seed (7-5, 6-4) and Chinese Xiyu Wang (3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2) in her previous rounds.

New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):

• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Ons Jabeur vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Katie Boulter vs. Peyton Stearns
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Elina Svitolina vs. Jessica Pegula
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Madison Keys
• Clara Burel vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Greet Minnen
• Elena Rybakina vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Elise Mertens vs. Coco Gauff
• Lin Zhu vs. Belinda Bencic
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Jennifer Brady: friday
• Iga Swiatek beat Kaja Juvan (Q): 6-0, 6-1
• Xinyu Wang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Karolina Muchova (10) beat Taylor Townsend: 7-6, 6-3