The second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) advanced to the fourth round of the US Open after defeating Clara Burel (France) by 2-0 (6:1, 6:1) in an hour of play.
Both tennis players men in the third round of the tournament a year ago as well, and the Australian Open champion had no trouble this time around, finishing with a match-winning 22 on the Louis Armstrong Court.
Aryna Sabalenka, a semifinalist in New York the past two years, won the first five games of the match and the last five to cruise to victory.
“I’m very happy with my performance. I think I played really great tennis”, said Aryna Sabalenka after the match.
In the fourth round, she will face the 13th-seeded Daria Kasatkina (Russia), who eliminated the Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen by 2-0 (6:3, 6:4) in 88 minutes.
Madison Keys (USA) also advances to the Round of 16 of the tournament after beating 14-th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova (Russia) by 2-1 (5:7, 6:2, 6:2) in 2:08 hours after breaking four times and dropping serve once.
Qinwen Zheng (China) eliminated Lucia Bronzetti (Italy) by 2-1 (6:3, 4:6, 6:4) and also advanced ahead at the US Open 2023.
