American Jessica Pegula continued to underline her title credentials on the US Open with a routine victory in opposition to Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro within the third spherical.
The sixth seed wrapped up a dominant 6-3 6-3 win in 70 minutes at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Pegula has but to drop a set in New York and the power of her service recreation has been illustrated by the house hope profitable 89% of her first serve factors.
Pegula, who is thru to the fourth spherical of a Grand Slam for the primary time this yr, will subsequent face rising star Diana Shnaider.
The 20-year-old Russian, seeded 18th, breezed previous Italy’s Sara Errani in a 6-2 6-2 win that noticed her land 31 winners.
Shnaider has surged up the world rankings this yr after profitable her first three WTA Tour titles and reaching the third spherical of Wimbledon.
Earlier on Saturday, Italian fifth seed Jasmine Paolini beat Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva 6-3 6-4.
French Open and Wimbledon runner-up Paolini, 28, has now made the second week of all 4 majors in 2024.
She’s going to face Karolina Muchova subsequent after the Czech, who knocked out two-time champion Naomi Osaka within the final spherical, claimed a snug 6-4 6-2 win in opposition to Russian Anastasia Potapova.
Muchova reached the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows final yr earlier than struggling a wrist harm that required surgical procedure and sidelined her for 10 months.
