In other results on the day, the Polish Iga Swiatek, world ranking leader, beat the Russian Kamila Rajimova 6-4 and 7-6 (8/6), the Danish Caroline Wozniacki, former number one racket in the world, beat the Japanese Nao Hibino 6-0 and 6-1, and the Czech Karolina Muchova defeated the American Katie Volynets 6-3 and 7-5.
For her part, Japanese Naomi Osaka, once a world tennis star, once again shone with a superb victory over Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, tenth favourite for the US throne, with a score of 6-3 and 6-2.
Also, local player Ashlyn Krueger won 0-6, 6-1 and 7-5 over China’s Zhang Shuai, Italian Sara Errani beat Spain’s Cristina Bucsa 3-6, 6-0 and 6-4, and Russian Anastasía Pavliuchénkova defeated Australia’s Taylah Preston 6-2 and 6-0.
This is how the women’s draw got underway on Tuesday at the 2024 US Open, which is being played on the hard courts of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
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