US Open: Pavlyuchenkova beats Cocciaretto to set up Swiatek clash

Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 25 seed, reached the third round of the US Open by defeating Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 in New York on Thursday.

Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 27, will face Poland’s Iga Swiatek, the top seed, next. The pair have met only once before with the Pole winning their round of 64 clash in Rome last year by a 6-0, 6-0 margin.

The 33-year-old Russian won against Australian wildcard Taylah Preston (6-2, 6-0) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round, Cocciaretto, ranked No 65, beat Ukrainian Kateryna Baindl (6-3, 6-0).

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
• Jessica Pegula (6) beat Sofia Kenin: 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Iga Swiatek beat Ena Shibahara (Q): 6-0, 6-1
• Anastasia Potapova beat Varvara Lepchenko (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (22) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-2, 6-1
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Mirra Andreeva (21): 6-1, 6-4
• Jasmine Paolini (5) beat Karolina Pliskova: 0-0 ret.
• Liudmila Samsonova (16) beat Marie Bouzkova: 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Sara Errani beat Caroline Dolehide: 7-5, 7-5
• 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 (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