US Open: Ponchet through to third round at Grand Slam for the first time after Rybakina withdrawal

French qualifier Jessika Ponchet advanced to the third round of the US Open after Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 4 seed, withdrew before the match on Thursday, due to injury.

Ponchet, ranked No 143, will play Dane Caroline Wozniacki next.

In the previous round, the Frenchwoman won against Chinese Saisai Zheng (6-4, 6-1). This is the first time she has made it to the third round at a Major. Ponchet was 0-6 prior to this week in Grand Slam main draw matches.

Rybakina, ranked No 4, defeated Australian qualifier Destanee Aiava (6-1, 7-6 (1)) during 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
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Pegula: thursday
• Iga Swiatek (1) 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.
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova: thursday
• 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