Ashleigh Barty gained her fiftieth singles match at a Grand SlamVenue: Flushing Meadows, New York Date: 30 August-12 September Protection: Every day radio commentaries on BBC Radio 5 Stay Sports activities Further/BBC Sport web site and app, with chosen reside textual content commentaries and match stories on the web site and app
World primary Ashleigh Barty is thru to the third spherical of the US Open following victory over Danish teenager Clara Tauson.
The Australian wanted three match factors earlier than successful 6-1 7-5 on Arthur Ashe Stadium to choose up her fiftieth Grand Slam match victory.
The highest seed raced by the primary set however was unable to transform a match level at 5-3 within the second.
She was damaged however responded to ultimately serve out the match.
Barty will face American Shelby Rogers within the third spherical.
In the meantime, German three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber gained 6-3 6-2 towards Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina to arrange an attention-grabbing third-round encounter with American 2017 champion Sloane Stephens.
The match was initially attributable to be performed on Wednesday however heavy rainfall and excessive winds led to it being postponed.
The climate in New York was significantly better on Thursday, lower than 24 hours after rain poured on to Louis Armstrong Stadium regardless of the court docket having a retractable roof.
Elsewhere, Canadian sixth seed Bianca Andreescu was damaged 4 occasions throughout her match with American Lauren Davis on Louis Armstrong Stadium however she got here by to win 6-4 6-4.
The 2019 US Open champion will play Belgian world quantity 104 Greet Minnen within the third spherical.
Polish seventh seed Iga Swiatek survived a scare to beat France’s Fiona Ferro 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-0.
She struggled on serve and had 35 unforced errors however gained six of her 12 break factors as she raced to victory within the deciding set.
Swiatek, the French Open champion in 2020, will face Estonian twenty eighth seed Anett Kontaveit within the third spherical.
In different motion, Czech tenth seed Petra Kvitova noticed off compatriot Kristyna Pliskova 7-6 (7-4) 6-2.
Two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova will play seventeenth seed Maria Sakkari within the third spherical after the Greek beat Czech Katerina Siniakova 6-4 6-2.
