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Ash Barty reached the third round at a Grand Slam for the second time in 2017 after holding off Aliaksandra Sasnovich to reach the last 32 in New York.

New York, NY, USA, 31 August 2017 | Darren Walton (AAP)

Ash Barty hopes to free-roll her way into the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time after continuing her breakthrough season with another milestone win in New York.

Australia’s resurgent former junior prodigy saw off Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-1 7-6(7) to progress to the third round of one of the most inviting US Open draws in years.

Already guaranteed a career-high ranking well inside the world’s top 40, Barty will play unseeded American Sloane Stephens – a former world No.11 and Grand Slam semifinalist – on Saturday with a golden opportunity to gatecrash the last 16.

Australian wildcard Alex De Minaur's straight-sets loss to No.6 seed Dominic Thiem at the US Open has given the teenager plenty to learn from as he continues to build.

New York, NY, USA, 31 August 2017 | Darren Walton (AAP)

Australian teenager Alex De Minaur is pledging to learn from a brutal first-round defeat at the US Open in New York.

The 18-year-old wildcard won only two of the last 16 games in a 6-4 6-1 6-1 loss to Austrian sixth seed Dominic Thiem.

Resuming their rain-interrupted first-round encounter, Thiem needed just 20 minutes to clean up De Minaur after leading 6-4 6-1 1-0 overnight.

Daria Gavrilova has taken her winning streak to six after winning her first ever main-draw match at the US Open on Wednesday.

New York, NY, USA, 31 August 2017 | Darren Walton (AAP)

A resounding win for in-form Daria Gavrilova has given Australia’s women’s tennis stars their best start to the US Open in more than 30 years.

Gavrilova extended her hardcourt winning streak to six matches with a 6-2 6-1 rout of Allie Kiick to join Ashleigh Barty, Arina Rodionova and Ajla Tomljanovic as first-round winners.

It’s the first time four Australian women have progressed to the second round at Flushing Meadows since 1986.

John Millman has charged into the second round of the US Open following a four-set win over ailing No.14 seed Nick Kyrgios.

New York, NY, USA, 31 August 2017 | Darren Walton (AAP)

John Millman is cherishing, if not celebrating, one of the most significant wins of his career after cashing in on Nick Kyrgios’s physical frailties to storm into the second round of the US Open for the first time.

Playing on an injury-protected ranking of his own, Millman kept his nerve as Kyrgios battled his box, officials and ultimately a wounded shoulder to carve out a bittersweet 6-3 1-6 6-4 6-1 victory over his more-fancied countryman.

“It’s a victory, but a hollow victory,” Millman said.