US Open: Another seed falls as Zhu stuns Azarenka to move into third round

Chinese Lin Zhu beat Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 18 seed, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Zhu, ranked No 44, will play Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 15 seed, next.

The Chinese won against Egyptian Mayar Sherif (6-3, 7-5) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of the Flushing Meadow tournament, Azarenka, ranked No 18, defeated French wildcard Fiona Ferro (6-1, 6-2).

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):

• Patricia Maria Tig vs. Jessica Pegula
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Sofia Kenin
• Greet Minnen vs. Sachia Vickery
• Ons Jabeur vs. Linda Noskova
• Petra Martic vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Elina Svitolina vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Madison Keys
• Jodie Burrage vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Martina Trevisan vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Petra Kvitova vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Clara Burel
• Eva Lys vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Kaia Kanepi
• Liudmila Samsonova vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Lesia Tsurenko
• Peyton Stearns vs. Clara Tauson
• Yafan Wang vs. Katie Boulter
• Elena Rybakina vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
• Jennifer Brady vs. Magda Linette
• Jelena Ostapenko vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Xiyu Wang vs. Bernarda Pera: wednesday
• Sorana Cirstea (30) beat Anna Kalinskaya: 6-3, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Daria Saville: 6-3, 6-4
• Karolina Muchova (10) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-3
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Rebeka Masarova: 7-6, 6-2
• Xinyu Wang beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
• Coco Gauff (6) beat Mirra Andreeva: 6-3, 6-2
• Belinda Bencic beat Yuriko Miyazaki (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Kaja Juvan (Q) beat Lauren Davis: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3
• Taylor Townsend beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (19): 7-6 (1), 7-5
• Elise Mertens (32) beat Danielle Collins: 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-1