2023-09-04 19:50:00
New York: US. Big upset in open tennis women’s singles. World No. 1 Poland’s Iga Zwiatek is out. Iga was tied by 20th seed Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the pre-quarters.
Sixth seed Coco Gough of the United States, 10th seed Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic and 30th seed Sorona Ciresti of Romania also advanced to the quarters.
Ostapenko came from behind to block the world number one. Iga won the first set 6-3. However, Ostapenko fought back by taking the next set with the same score. With this, the third set became decisive.
Ostapenko did not allow her opponent to touch the ground. The star won the set and the match by giving up only one game and booked the quarter ticket.
Ostapenko will face US’s Coco Gauff, who beat Caroline Wozniacki, in the quarterfinals. Gauff’s victory came after a three-set battle. Score: 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
Another quarter is between Karolina Muchova and Sorona Ciresti. Ciresti advanced to the next round by defeating 15th seed Belinda Bencic 6-3, 6-3. Muchova defeated China’s Wang Xinyu 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 in the pre-quarters.
In the men’s prequarters, Djokovic defeated Croatia’s Borna Gojo in straight sets. Joko won with the score of 6-2, 7-5, 6-4. Djokovic’s quarter-final match is against American Taylor Fritz.
Fritz, the ninth seed, defeated Dominic Stricker of Switzerland 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the prequarters. America’s Frances Tiafoe also secured a quarter berth by defeating Australia’s Ringi Hijikata. Score: 6-4, 6-1, 6-4.
Tiafoe’s opponent in the quarters is the countryman Ben Shelton. Shelton entered the quarters by defeating America’s 14th seed Tommy Paul in the pre-quarters.
In men’s doubles, Australian partner Matthew Ebden and India’s Rohan Bopanna have entered the quarterfinals. Bopanna defeated the sixth seeded Indo-Australian duo of Britain’s Julian Cash and Henty Pattern in the prequarters with the score of 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-6(10-6).
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