Swiatek credits Williams chat for third-round US Open win

American Jessica Pegula continued to underline her title credentials astatine nan US Open pinch a regular triumph against Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro successful nan 3rd round.

The sixth seed wrapped up a ascendant 6-3 6-3 triumph successful 70 minutes astatine Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Pegula has yet to driblet a group successful New York and nan spot of her work crippled has been illustrated by nan location dream winning 89% of her first service points.

Pegula, who is done to nan 4th information of a Grand Slam for nan first clip this year, will adjacent look rising prima Diana Shnaider.

The 20-year-old Russian, seeded 18th, breezed past Italy's Sara Errani successful a 6-2 6-2 triumph wherever she landed 31 winners.

Shnaider has surged up nan world rankings this twelvemonth aft winning her first 3 WTA Tour titles and reaching nan 3rd information of Wimbledon.

Earlier connected Saturday, Italian 5th seed Jasmine Paolini hit Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-4.

French Open and Wimbledon runner-up Paolini, 28, has now made nan 2nd week of each 4 fields successful 2024.

She will look Karolina Muchova adjacent aft nan Czech, who knocked retired two-time champion Naomi Osaka successful nan past round, claimed a comfortable 6-4 6-2 triumph against Russian Anastasia Potapova.

Muchova reached nan semi-finals astatine Flushing Meadows past twelvemonth earlier suffering a wrist wounded that required room and sidelined her for 10 months.

Caroline Wozniacki booked her spot successful nan past 16 for a 2nd twelvemonth running, defeating France's Jessika Ponchet 6-3 6-2.

The Dane will person to hit either Beatriz Haddad Maia aliases Anna Kalinskaya, who subordinate later, if she is to scope nan quarter-finals of a awesome for nan first clip since her tally to nan Australian Open title successful 2018.