The action continued at the 2022 US Open with second around action from the bottom half of the women's draw.

Top seed Iga Swiatek had little trouble with Sloane Stephens while former Grand Slam champions Garbine Muguruza, Petra Kvitova and Victoria Azarenka also advanced.

Swiatek rolls; Sabalenka escapes; Badosa upset

Swiatek defeated Stephens for the second time in three weeks, needing just an hour to eliminate the 2017 champion 6-3, 6-2.

The Pole struck 14 winners and lost just seven points on her first serve to reach the third round in Flushing Meadows for a third consecutive year.

"For sure I'm closer to [accepting] the balls than on two previous tournaments, so that's nice", Swiatek said after voicing concerns about the balls being used at Flushing Meadows prior to the tournament starting.

Fourth seed Paula Badosa was the latest high seed to exit the tournament as the Spaniard fell to Croatia's Petra Martic 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2.

Aryna Sabalenka saved two match points and rallied from 6-2, 5-1 down to topple Kaia Kanepi 2-6, 7-6 (8) while ninth seed Muguruza had little trouble with qualifier Linda Fruhvirtova, winning 6-0, 6-4.

Azarenka defeated Marta Kostyuk 6-2, 6-3 with the Ukrainian refusing to shake the three-time finalist's hand due to her silence on the current war in Ukraine.

waregula, Collins, Davis move into Round of 32

It was a very successful day for American women as eighth seed Jessica Pegula continued her strong play in 2022 with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

Danielle Collins improved to 8-1 on hard courts at majors this year as the Australian Open finalist eased past Spain's Cristina Bucsa 6-2, 6-4.

Lauren Davis became the fifth American women to reach the third round, edging 28th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-5).

Other results

22nd seed Karolina Pliskova and 13th seed Belinda Bencic set up a third-round showdown as the 2016 finalist scored an impressive 6-3, 6-2 victory over countrywoman Marie Bouzkova while the Swiss escaped against Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.

Jule Niemeier picked up a routine 6-4, 6-3 victory over Yulia Putintseva and will next face Qinwen Zheng, who needed two tie breaks to eliminate Anastasia Potapova 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3).

Qualifier Yue Yuan continued a historic tournament for Chinese woman as she became the fourth player from her country to make the third round this year after defeating Irina-Camelia Begu 6-3, 7-6 (6).

After defeating defending champion Emma Raducanu in the first round, Alize Cornet moved on after defeating Katerina Siniakova 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.

Finally, qualifier Clara Burel reached the third round of a major for the first time in two and a half years with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory over ​​​​​​Alison Van Uytvanck.