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):
Taylor Fritz’s girlfriend Morgan Riddle is being deemed as the ‘first lady’ in American tennis due to her partner being the top-ranked American tennis pla
Billie Jean King has said that she "cannot stand" the current scoring system used in tennis, and that she would love to see it simplified. Tennis is currently s
NEW YORK, United States, Sep 19 – American world number six Coco Gauff has ended her partnership with coach Brad Gilbert just
Coco Gauff, the 20-year-old American tennis star, has parted ways with her coach Brad Gilbert after a 14-month partnership. The split comes just two weeks after