Croat Donna Vekic, seeded No. 24, advanced to the third round of the US Open after defeating Belgian Greet Minnen with a score of 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday.
Vekic, holding the No. 24 ranking, is set to face the winner of the match between American Peyton Stearns and Russian Daria Kasatkina, seeded No. 12, in the next round.
The Croatian player secured a victory against Australian qualifier Kimberly Birrell (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round.
In the preceding round, Minnen, ranked No. 70, triumphed over Pole Magdalena Frech (7-5, 7-5).
Other second-round results from the New York Grand Slam at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on hard courts with a prize fund of USD 75,000,000 are as follows:
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Renata Zarazua
- Naomi Osaka vs. Karolina Muchova
- Elena Rybakina vs. Jessika Ponchet
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Pegula
- Iga Swiatek vs. Ena Shibahara
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Varvara Lepchenko vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Katie Boulter vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Sara Errani
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Various other match results
