US Open: Wozniacki survives injury scare to defeat Zarazua
Caroline Wozniacki won against Renata Zarazua 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday night and will play French qualifier Jessika Ponchet in the next round
Dane Caroline Wozniacki beat Mexican Renata Zarazua 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the third round of the US Open in New York on Thursday night.
Wozniacki, ranked No 71, will face French qualifier Jessika Ponchet next.
The Dane received medical attention in the middle of the second set as she struggled a bit with what appeared to be back spasms.
Ahead of her victory, the 34-year-old Dane won against Japanese qualifier Nao Hibino (6-0, 6-1).
Zarazua, ranked No 92, defeated Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 28 seed (6-1, 6-4) in the previous 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):
- Karolina Muchova beat Naomi Osaka (WC): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (25) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
- Elena Rybakina vs. Jessika Ponchet
- Jessica Pegula (6) beat Sofia Kenin: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- 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.
- Liudmila Samsonova (16) beat Marie Bouzkova: 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3
- 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