US Open: Zhu defeats Sherif in straight sets, faces Azarenka in second round
Lin Zhu won against Mayar Sherif 6-3, 7-5 on Monday afternoon and will play Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 18 seed, in the next round
Lin Zhu wins at the 2023 US Open © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
China’s Lin Zhu moved into the second round of the US Open by beating Egyptian Mayar Sherif 6-3, 7-5 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Monday afternoon.
Zhu was dominant behind her serve in the one hour, 23 minute encounter, knocking out her higher ranked opponent in straight sets. The world No 44 will play Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 18 seed, next.
New York (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):
- Maryna Zanevska vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Greet Minnen vs. Venus Williams
- Ana Bogdan vs. Sofia Kenin
- Anna Blinkova vs. Jodie Burrage
- Sachia Vickery vs. Donna Vekic
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Robin Montgomery vs. Eva Lys
- Barbora Strycova vs. Kaia Kanepi
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Fiona Crawley
- Clara Tauson vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Clara Burel
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Alycia Parks
- Patricia Maria Tig vs. Rebecca Marino
- Elina Svitolina vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Peyton Stearns vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Camila Giorgi vs. Jessica Pegula
- Tatjana Maria vs. Petra Martic
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Vera Zvonareva
- Na-Lae Han vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Martina Trevisan vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Caroline Garcia vs. Yafan Wang
- Arantxa Rus vs. Madison Keys
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Linda Noskova vs. Madison Brengle
- Ons Jabeur vs. Camila Osorio
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Claire Liu
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Katie Boulter vs. Diane Parry
- Tatiana Prozorova vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Laura Siegemund vs. Coco Gauff
- Petra Kvitova vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Magda Linette
- Kayla Day vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Panna Udvardy vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Olivia Gadecki vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Elise Mertens vs. Mirjam Bjorklund
- Alize Cornet vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Viktoria Hruncakova vs. Xiyu Wang: monday
- Kimberly Birrell vs. Jennifer Brady: monday
- Kaja Juvan vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto: monday
- Xinyu Wang beat Katie Volynets (Q): 6-3, 6-4
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Marta Kostyuk: 6-2, 6-1
- Yuriko Miyazaki (Q) beat Margarita Betova: 6-3, 6-3
- Danielle Collins beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-2, 6-0
- Bernarda Pera beat Veronika Kudermetova (16): 7-5, 6-4
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Anhelina Kalinina (28): 6-4, 7-5
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (19) beat Sloane Stephens: 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
- Lauren Davis beat Danka Kovinic: 6-2, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-0, 6-1
- Rebeka Masarova beat Maria Sakkari (8): 6-4, 6-4
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Kateryna Baindl: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Taylor Townsend beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-4, 6-2
- Magdalena Frech beat Emma Navarro: 7-6 (10), 1-6, 6-2
- Karolina Muchova (10) beat Storm Hunter (WC): 6-4, 6-0
- Belinda Bencic (15) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-4
- Victoria Azarenka beat Fiona Ferro (WC): 6-1, 6-2
- Daria Saville beat Clervie Ngounoue (WC): 6-0, 6-2
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