US Open: Pegula untroubled by Maneiro, reaches last 16 in straight sets
Jessica Pegula beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-3, 6-3 and will play the winner of the match between Sara Errani and Diana Shnaider in the next round
American Jessica Pegula, the No 6 seed, reached the last 16 of the US Open by beating Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-3, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Pegula, ranked No 6, will face the winner of the match between Italian Sara Errani and Russian Diana Shnaider, the No 18 seed, next.
Earlier in the tournament, the American won against Shelby Rogers (6-4, 6-3) and Sofia Kenin (7-6 (4), 6-3).
Bouzas Maneiro, ranked No 74, won against Croat Petra Martic (6-3, 6-0) and No 31 seed Katie Boulter (7-5, 7-5) in the previous rounds.
New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Iga Swiatek vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Jessika Ponchet vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Sara Errani vs. Diana Shnaider: saturday
- Jasmine Paolini (5) beat Yulia Putintseva (30): 6-3, 6-4
- Karolina Muchova beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-4, 6-2
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (29): 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Elise Mertens (33) beat Madison Keys (14): 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4
- Donna Vekic (24) beat Peyton Stearns: 7-5, 6-4
- Emma Navarro (13) beat Marta Kostyuk (19): 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
- Yafan Wang beat Victoria Azarenka (20): 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Elina Svitolina (27): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-2, 6-1
- Paula Badosa (26) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8)