Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka moved into the round of 16 at the US Open without any major problems. The world ranking from Belarus defeated the former finalist Leylah Fernandez from Canada 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 2) in the Night Session in New York and thus took another step towards her third Grand Slam final this year.
Against Fernandez, Sabalenka also succeeded the revenge for the defeat in the semi -finals four years ago. She “absolutely” wanted this victory, said Sabalenka, who expanded her success series in Tiebreaks to 18. The 27-year-old, who had achieved at least the semi-finals at the Us Open in the past four editions, meets the unsettled Spaniard Cristina Bucsa in the round of the top 16.
The tournament, on the other hand, is over for the world ranking fifth Mirra Andreeva. The 18-year-old Russian lost to the 134 places of worse-classified American Taylor Townsend 5: 7, 2: 6.
Townsend had beaten the former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko in the round before, the Latvian then used obviously inappropriate words on the network. “She told me that I have no great upbringing. And that I should wait and see what happens when we meet outside the USA,” said Townsend, triggering a racism debate on the sidelines of the US Open.
The former tournament winner Emma Raducanu was also excreted once again. The British number one lost in the third round of the former Wimbledon winner Jelena Rybakina from Kazakhstan 1: 6, 2: 6. Four years after her sensational triumph in New York as an 18-year-old qualifier, the Wimbledon round of dentel 2024 Raducanus Best Grand Slam result has remained since her international breakthrough.
Last year’s finalist Jessica Pegula (USA), on the other hand, did not bare and moved into the round of 16 for the fifth time in a row through a 6: 1, 7: 5 against the two-time Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka from Belarus. This missed the world rank-list Jasmine Paolini (Italy) after a 6: 7 (4: 7), 1: 6 defeat against Marketa VonDrousova from the Czech Republic. Also out is the ten-American Emma Navarro set to the 6: 4, 4: 6, 4: 6 against the two-time Grand Slam winner Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic).