NEW YORK (AP) French Open champion Francesca Schiavone of Italy beat 29th-seeded Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-1, 7-5 Friday in the U.S. Open's third round.
The sixth-seeded Schiavone compiled a 29-13 edge in winners.
It's the fifth time Schiavone has reached the round of 16 at Flushing Meadows.
Next up for Schiavone is a match against 20th-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia, who eliminated Gisela Dulko of Argentina 6-1, 6-2.
Bondarenko was trying to was trying to reach the fourth round of a major for the second time. She defeated U.S. teenager Melanie Oudin in the second round.