US Open: Swiatek hands Shibahara a bagel and a breadstick to cruise into last 32
Iga Swiatek won against Ena Shibahara 6-0, 6-1 on Thursday and will face the winner of the match between Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 25 seed, next
Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, advanced to the third round of the US Open by winning against Japanese qualifier Ena Shibahara 6-0, 6-1 on Thursday.
Swiatek, ranked No 1, will face the winner of the match between Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 25 seed, next.
The Pole beat Russian lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova (6-4, 7-6 (6)) in the previous round.
In the first round, Shibahara, ranked No 217, edged out Australian Daria Saville (6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (6)).
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
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Pegula: thursday
- Varvara Lepchenko vs. Anastasia Potapova: thursday
- 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