(New York) Italian Jasmine Paolini, 5e World champion and finalist of the last two Grand Slam tournaments (Roland Garros and Wimbledon), qualified Saturday for the round of 16 of the United States Open by beating the Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (32).e) 6-3, 6-4.
Paolini, 28, who had never advanced beyond the second round at a Major before this year, is playing in the second week of all four Grand Slam tournaments this season.
At the Australian Open in January, she lost in the round of 16. In New York, she will try to do better on Monday: she will face the Czech Karolina Muchova (52e) to try to reach the quarter-finals.
The Italian had benefited in the second round at Flushing Meadows on Thursday from the withdrawal due to injury of her Czech opponent Karolina Pliskova (44).e) after just three small dots.