US Open: Paolini moves into third round via Pliskova retirement after just three points
Jasmine Paolini won via retirement Karolina Pliskova (30-15 in the first game) on Thursday. She’ll face Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 30 seed, next
Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 5 seed, advanced to the third round of the US Open when Karolina Pliskova retired at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Thursday.
Paolini, ranked No 5, led 30-15 in the first game when Pliskova, ranked No 44, pulled out on Thursday evening at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
The Italian will face Kazakh Yulia Putintseva, the No 30 seed, next.
In the previous round, Jasmine Paolini edged out Canadian wildcard Bianca Andreescu (6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4).
Karolina Pliskova edged out Egyptian Mayar Sherif (6-3, 0-6, 7-5) in the first round.
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
- Varvara Lepchenko vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Ashlyn Krueger: thursday
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova: thursday
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Sara Errani: thursday
- Katie Boulter vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: thursday
- Yulia Putintseva beat Xinyu Wang: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Anna Kalinskaya (15) beat Anna Bondar: 6-2, 6-4
- Diana Shnaider (18) 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