Chinese tennis player Wang Yafan advanced to the last 16 of the US Open after defeating Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the 20th seed, with a score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Wang, who is ranked 80th, will face off against Spanish player Paula Badosa, the 26th seed, in the next round.
Wang benefited from the withdrawal of Greek Maria Sakkari, the 9th seed (6-2) and secured a victory against French player Diane Parry (6-0, 6-4) leading up to her win against Azarenka.
Earlier in the tournament, Azarenka, ranked 20th, defeated Ukrainian qualifier Yulia Starodubtseva (3-6, 6-1, 6-1) and French player Clara Burel (6-1, 6-4).
New York (Grand Slam), other third-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75,000,000, most recent results first):
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Iga Swiatek vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Jessika Ponchet vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Sara Errani vs. Diana Shnaider
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Jessica Pegula
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Karolina Muchova vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Madison Keys vs. Elise Mertens
- Donna Vekic vs. Peyton Stearns: Friday
- Emma Navarro vs. Marta Kostyuk: Friday
- Coco Gauff (3) beat Elina Svitolina (27): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-2, 6-1
- Paula Badosa beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8)