US Open: Wang cruises into third round, sets up Azarenka clash
Yafan Wang won against Diane Parry 6-0, 6-4 on Wednesday and will face the winner of the match between Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 20 seed, and Frenchwoman Clara Burel in the next round
Chinese Yafan Wang advanced to the third round of the US Open by beating Frenchwoman Diane Parry 6-0, 6-4 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
Wang, ranked No 80, will face Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 20 seed, next.
In the previous round, the Chinese benefited from the abandonment of Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 9 seed (6-2).
Parry, ranked No 60, won against Chinese Xiyu Wang (7-6 (2), 7-6 (5)) in 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
- Elena Rybakina vs. Jessika Ponchet
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Pegula
- Iga Swiatek vs. Ena Shibahara
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Varvara Lepchenko vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Katie Boulter vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Sara Errani
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Xinyu Wang
- Anna Bondar vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Clara Tauson vs. Diana Shnaider
- Tatjana Maria vs. Coco Gauff
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Clara Burel
- Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Donna Vekic vs. Greet Minnen
- Elina Svitolina vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Emma Navarro vs. Arantxa Rus
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Aryna Sabalenka: wednesday
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Iva Jovic: wednesday
- Harriet Dart vs. Marta Kostyuk: wednesday
- 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