US Open: Pliskova reaches third round, sets up clash with Bencic
Karolina Pliskova defeated Marie Bouzkova 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday night. She’ll face Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 13 seed, in the next round
Karolina Pliskova | © Icon SMI / Panoramic
No 22 seed Karolina Pliskova advanced to the third round of the US Open by winning against Marie Bouzkova 6-3, 6-2 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Thursday.
Pliskova, ranked No 22, will play Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 13 seed, next.
Karolina Pliskova edged out Pole Magda Linette (6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (8)) in the previous round.
During the first round, Bouzkova, ranked No 41, beat qualifier Linda Noskova (6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-2).
US Open, New York City (Grand Slam), other second round results
- Garbine Muguruza (9) beat Linda Fruhvirtova (Q): 6-0, 6-4
- Alize Cornet beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
- Yue Yuan (Q) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-3, 7-6 (6)
- Qinwen Zheng beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
- Petra Kvitova beat Anhelina Kalinina (walkover)
- Petra Martic beat Paula Badosa (4): 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-3, 6-2
- Jule Niemeier beat Yulia Putintseva: 6-4, 6-3
- Jessica Pegula (8) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-4, 6-4
- Belinda Bencic beat Sorana Cirstea: 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
- Victoria Azarenka (26) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-2, 6-3
- Lauren Davis beat Ekaterina Alexandrova (28): 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Bianca Andreescu beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (15): 6-2, 6-4
- Liudmila Samsonova beat Leylah Fernandez (14): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Aleksandra Krunic beat Barbora Krejcikova (23): 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Serena Williams beat Anett Kontaveit (2): 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Evgeniya Rodina: 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
- Caroline Garcia (17) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-3, 6-1
- Coco Gauff (12) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Dalma Galfi beat Harriet Dart: 6-4, 6-0
- Veronika Kudermetova (18) beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-2, 6-3
- Rebecca Marino beat Daria Snigur (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Madison Keys (20) beat Camila Giorgi: 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6)
- Shuai Zhang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 7-5, 6-1
- Alison Riske-Amritraj (29) beat Camila Osorio: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5)
- 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
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