US Open: Vekic beats Stearns, faces Zheng Qinwen in fourth round

Croat Donna Vekic, the No 24 seed, advanced to the last 16 of the US Open by beating American Peyton Stearns 7-5, 6-4 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Vekic, ranked No 24, will face Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 7 seed, next.

The Croat won against Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell (6-4, 6-4) and Belgian Greet Minnen (7-5, 6-1) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds, Stearns, ranked No 47, defeated Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko (6-1, 7-5) and Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 12 seed (6-1, 7-6 (3)).

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
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Jessica Pegula
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Jasmine Paolini
• Karolina Muchova vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Madison Keys vs. Elise Mertens
• Emma Navarro vs. Marta Kostyuk: friday
• 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 beat Jule Niemeier: 6-2, 6-1
• Paula Badosa (26) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8)