So, the first racket of Ukraine Angelina Kalinina (No. 47 WTA), who recently regained this title, at the start of the competition unexpectedly passed the American Bernard Peru (No. 45 WTA) - 6:4, 6:4.
During this meeting, which lasted an hour in 34 minutes, the Ukrainian made seven double faults and won four of the seven break points. Note that this was the fourth meeting of tennis players, the Ukrainian won for the third time.
In the next round, Kalinina will fight against Czech Petra Kvitova (No. 21 WTA). This game will take place on September 1.
Also, another representative of Ukraine entered the second round of the US Open - Marta Kostyuk (No. 65 WTA). The 20-year-old tennis player defeated Mayar Sheriff (No. 63 WTA) from Egypt in the first round - 7:6, 6:4.
During the fight, which lasted an hour and a half, Kostyuk made four aces, made six double faults and won three of the nine "
Your attention is a video review of the game between Kostyuk and Sheriff.
Previously, the girls played each other once: the Egyptian won at Roland Garros-2022, and now Marta has taken a convincing revenge;
In the next round, Kostyuk will play against Victoria Azarenka (No. 26 WTA).
However, Lesya Tsurenko (No. 87 WTA) failed to reach the second round of the tournament.. An experienced Ukrainian tennis player in a tense struggle lost to the fourth racket of the planet Paula Badose (Spain) - 6:3, 6:7, 3:6.
During the game, Tsurenko fired twice, made seven double faults and won six out of 14 breaks..
Your attention is a video review of the fight Tsurenko - Bados.
Thus, three Ukrainians will play in the second round of the US Open.
In addition to Kalinina and Kostyuk, Daria Snigur will also take part there, who, after overcoming three opponents in qualifying, managed to sensationally knock out the seventh racket of the world - Simona Halep.
Stopped participating in the US Open Ukrainian Dayana Yastremskaya, who in the first round of the competition lost to American Madison Keys - 6:7, 3:6. Earlier, Ukrainian women stopped their participation in the US Open qualification - Ekaterina Beindl and Katarina Zavatskaya.
We add that the current winner of the US Open is Japanese Naomi Osaka. The US Open will run from August 29 to September 11, 2022.