US Open: Samsonova thrashes home hope Krueger to reach fourth round

Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 16 seed, won against American Ashlyn Krueger 6-1, 6-1 to move into the last 16 of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Samsonova, ranked No 16, will face the winner of the match between Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 25 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the Russian beat Chinese Qiang Wang (6-2, 7-5) and Marie Bouzkova (3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3).

Krueger, ranked No 59, edged out Chinese Shuai Zhang (0-6, 6-1, 7-5) and defeated Russian Mirra Andreeva, the No 21 seed (6-1, 6-4) 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: saturday
• Diana Shnaider (18) beat Sara Errani: 6-2, 6-2
• Jessica Pegula (6) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-3, 6-3
• 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)