The Polish Iga Swiatek Picked it up this Saturday with no major problems. ticket for the round of 16 in a US Open that, in the women’s draw, most of the favorites are still in competition.
Faced with the setbacks of the men’s team with the early departures of Carlos Alcaraz (number 3 in the world) and Novak Djokovic (number 2 and current champion of the United States Open), the women’s side of the ‘great’ New Yorker retained almost its all stars for the deciding leg of the tournament.
So, six of the top seven in the WTA rankings are in the round of 16 and the missing, Kazakh Elena Rybakina (4), left Flushing Meadows with an injury withdrawal.
Swiatek was given no options this Saturday in the third round in Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (27) and took up the rivalry for 6-4 and 6-2 in one hour and 32 minutes.
The Pole is undefeated so far in the tournament.
This Saturday the Americans also claimed victory Jessica Pegula (n.6), who beat the Spaniard Jessica Bouzas (n.74); and the italian Jasmine Paolini (n.5), who defeated the Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (n.32).
On Friday it is the Belarusian’s turn Aryna Sabalenka (n.2) and the American Coco Gauff (n.3 and current champion), although they had to suffer more and come back from a set down to advance against Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova (n.31) and Ukrainian Elina Svitolina (n.28), respectively .
Also on Friday, the Chinese qualified for the round of 16 Qinwen Zheng (n.7 and Olympic gold in Paris 2024), passing the German Jule Niemeier (n.101).
In this very demanding women’s team, the Spaniard will try to make her way Paula Badosa (n.29), who on Friday saved a match point to beat Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse (n.122) in the third round.
This is how the women’s round of 16 remains
TOP PORTION OF PHOTO
Iga Swiatek (POL/1)-Liudmila Samsonova (RUS/16)
Diana Shnaider (RUS)-Jessica Pegula (USA/6)
Caroline Wozniacki (DIN)-Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA/22)
Karolina Muchova (CHE)-Jasmine Paolini (ITA/5)
LOWER PART OF THE FRAME
Paula Badosa (ESP/26)-Yafan Wang (CHN)
Emma Navarro (USA/13)-Coco Gauff (USA/3)
Qinwen Zheng (CHN/7)-Donna Vekic (CRO/24)
Elise Mertens (BEL/33)-Aryna Sabalenka (BLR/2)
Source: La Verdad
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