Zheng breezes past Niemeier to move into fourth round
Chinese Zheng Qinwen, the No 7 seed, beat German Jule Niemeier 6-2, 6-1 to reach the last 16 of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Zheng, ranked No 7, will face the winner of the match between Croat Donna Vekic, the No 24 seed, and American Peyton Stearns next.
Earlier in the tournament, the 21-year-old Chinese beat American wildcard Amanda Anisimova (4-6, 6-4, 6-2) and Russian Erika Andreeva (6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-2).
Niemeier, ranked No 101, edged out Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska, the No 32 seed (6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4) and defeated Japanese Moyuka Uchijima (6-4, 6-0) in the previous rounds.
New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Karolina Muchova vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Jessika Ponchet vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Jessica Pegula
- Sara Errani vs. Diana Shnaider
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Iga Swiatek vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Madison Keys vs. Elise Mertens
- Donna Vekic vs. Peyton Stearns
- Emma Navarro vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Yafan Wang
- Elina Svitolina vs. Coco Gauff: friday
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Paula Badosa: friday
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