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No. 6 seed Madison Keys was bounced from the U.S. Open within the first spherical when she fell 6-7 (10), 7-6 (3), 7-5 to unseeded Renata Zarazua of Mexico on Monday in New York.
The match was on serve within the third set till Zarazua broke Keys for a 5-3 benefit. Keys broke again within the subsequent sport and introduced the set even at 5-5, however Zarazua broke Keys once more within the twelfth sport and received on her first match level.
It was the primary victory over a top-20 participant in Zarazua’s profession as she grabbed her head in disbelief after securing the win.
Zarazua took benefit of 89 unforced errors from Keys and received regardless of her opponent’s 46-8 benefit in winners.
Zarazua superior to fulfill France’s Diane Parry within the second spherical. Parry was a straightforward 6-1, 6-0 winner within the first spherical towards Czechia’s Petra Kvitova.
Keys had seven aces to none for Zarazua within the three-hour, 10-minute match, however had 14 double faults to 5 for her opponent.
Zarazua saved seven of Keys’ 12 break-point alternatives, whereas changing six of 10 break-point possibilities.
In one other first-round match Monday, two-time main champion Barbora Krejcikova ousted No. 22 seed Victoria Mboko in straight units with a 6-3, 6-2 victory.
Mboko, the 18-year-old Canadian who received her first WTA title of any type on the National Bank Open in her house nation earlier this month, struggled along with her proper wrist closely taped. While she landed 64 % of her first serves, Mboko additionally suffered from 10 double faults whereas profitable solely 36 of her 70 service factors.
Krejcikova, 29, entered the U.S. Open unranked however is coming off a run to the fourth spherical of the Cincinnati Open. The Wimbledon champion in 2024 and winner of the 2021 French Open, Krejcikova dominated from the outset towards Mboko, profitable 69 complete factors to her opponents’ 49.
Krejcikova will subsequent face unranked Moyuka Uchijima from Japan within the second spherical.
‘I’ve been actually busy, we have been actually practising and likewise we loved town,’ Krejcikova mentioned in her on-court interview after the match. ‘We found loads of good ice lotions across the metropolis and loads of good eating places.
‘I’m having fun with it. So, it has been good, and I hope I will be right here so long as I can.’
No. 9 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan completed off Julieta Pareja 6-3, 6-0 to advance, whereas No. 17 seed Liudmila Samsonova of Russia additionally moved on by rallying for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over China’s Yuan Yue.
Samsonova had 10 aces to 2 for Yue whereas saving six of 9 break factors.
No. 30 seed Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine was eradicated 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-4 by Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova regardless of having 43 winners to 19 for her opponent. Yastremska was undone by 53 unforced errors.
Also advancing out of the primary spherical was Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva, who was a 6-4, 7-6 (4) winner over Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto, whereas Australia’s Priscilla Hon received 6-3, 7-5 over France’s Leolia Jeanjean. No. 19 Elise Mertens of Belgium was a 6-1, 6-0 winner over American Alyssa Ahn.
A pair of Americans superior after Taylor Townsend earned a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Croatia’s Antonia Lui and Iva Jovic acquired previous Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 7-6 (6), 6-3. Another American, Claire Liu, was eradicated 6-2, 6-2 by Spain’s Cristina Busca.
–Field Level Media