US Open 2022: third seed Maria Sakkari knocked out in 2nd spherical, Ons Jabeur advances

US Open 2022: A day after Greece star Stefanos Tsitsipas was knocked out in males’s singles 1st-round, his compatriot Maria Sakkari, who reached the semi-final in New York final yr, was proven the door within the girls’s singles 2nd spherical.

US Open 2022: Another high seed falls as Maria Sakkari knocked out in 2nd spherical (AP Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSMaria Sakkari misplaced in 3 video games to Wang Xiyu of China within the 2nd sphericalSakkari had reached the semi-final of US Open final yrOns Jabeur notched up the fortieth win of her season

A day after Greece famous person and 4th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was knocked out within the first spherical in males’s singles at US Open 2022, his compatriot and girls’s singles third seed Maria Sakkari was proven the door within the 2nd spherical.

After defending champion Emma Raducanu, Maria Sakkari was a part of an enormous upset on the US Open 2022 as she misplaced to unseeded Chinese participant Wang Xiyu 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 on Wednesday, August 31.

Sakkari, a semi-finalist in New York final yr, took cost within the early levels and marched right into a one-set lead earlier than being let down by a sequence of unforced errors as Wang claimed her first profession victory over a top-10 participant.

A second to savor for Xiyu Wang!

She captures her first-career win over a top-10 participant.#USOpen pic.twitter.com/UA0elD5QdF

— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 31, 2022

Despite Sakkari’s superior expertise, Wang’s heavy hitting from the baseline got here to the fore within the second set as she took a 5-3 lead earlier than clinching it after a double-fault from Sakkari.

Both gamers matched one another within the decider but it surely was Wang who raised her sport in the important thing moments, breaking Sakkari at 6-5 to take the win and attain the third spherical of a Grand Slam for the primary time.

ONS THROUGH TO 3RD ROUND

Earlier within the day, fifth seed Ons Jabeur got here up with a commanding efficiency to achieve the ladies’s singles third spherical at US Open. Ons, who reached the finals of Wimbledon 2022, defeated American Elizabeth Mandlik, daughter of 1985 US Open champion, Hana Mandlikova 7-5, 6-2.

Having made good progress in 2022, Ons Jabeur shall be decided to go previous the third spherical, the place she has misplaced in every of the final three editions of the US Open. Jabeur has all the explanations to consider that she will be able to go deep into the match in New York as she has notched up 40 wins this season, solely second-best in girls’s singles on the tour after World No. 1 Iga Swiatek.

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