NEW YORK (AP) — The last two women’s champions have already been absent from the U. S. Open and now one of last year’s semifinalists is gone.
The most productive players are temporarily falling at Flushing Meadows, and Serena Williams may finish Wednesday night.
Hours before Williams faced the current seed, Anett Kontaveit, third seed Maria Sakkari, eliminated 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 through China’s Wang Xiyu in the round of the moment.
Sakkari reached two Grand Slam semifinals last year but struggled to back up his good fortune in 2022, acknowledging this week that he struggled to manage a superior profile that came with his promotion to No. 3 in the ranking. She said that some days she didn’t like tennis and didn’t even need to get out of bed.
The Greek said she was happier to participate in this tournament, but that her game was not smart enough compared to Wang, ranked 75th, who came to the circular moment of a major tournament for the first time.
“It’s disappointing, it hurts, because I felt better, I had fun, I felt smart on the pitch and it’s very disappointing that my point is so low today,” Sakkari said.
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No. 12 Coco Gauff and No. 20 seed Madison Keys have avoided trouble by hosting a third-round showdown between the Americans. Gauff beat Elena Gabriela Ruse 6-2, 7-6 (4), while Keys, a finalist at the 2017 US Open, edged Camili Giorgi 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6).
Sakkari’s loss came after defending champion Emma Raducanu and two-time winner Naomi Osaka were eliminated Tuesday night in the first round. That left Bianca Andreescu, who beat Williams in the 2019 final, as the last U. S. women’s champion. Open that is still on the court. .
Andreescu is scheduled to face the No. 15 Beatriz Haddad Maia on Wednesday night.
After his run to the Wimbledon final, no. Five Ons Jabeur matched their most productive result at the US Open with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Elizabeth Mandlik, the daughter of 1985 champion Hana Mandlikova. 3rd circular in his last 3 trips to New York.
“I have a mission,” Jabeur said. I’m number five in the world, so for me I try to form that number as much as possible so that I can really improve my game and really get through and improve my rankings, hopefully. “
She will face American Shelby Rogers, seeded in a 7-5, 6-1 win over Viktoria Kuzmova.
Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray temporarily recovered from wasting the first set to defeat American Emilio Nava 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-0 and arranged a third round with seed No. thirteen Matteo Berretini. .
Defending men’s champion Daniil Medvedev is set to stay with Williams at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. No. World 6 Felix Auger-Aliassime and Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios were also in action.