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No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland overcame a shock second-set problem from Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands and held on for a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory within the second spherical of the U.S. Open on Thursday in New York.
Swiatek misplaced leads of 2-1 and 4-3 within the second set as Lamens broke her serve thrice. Swiatek received simply half her 20 first-service factors in that set, however she turned it round within the third by taking 15 of 18 first-service factors.
The Wimbledon champion broke Lamens twice to construct a 4-1 lead. Lamens broke again within the sixth sport and crept to inside 4-3 earlier than Swiatek finally received it on her third match level.
‘I felt prefer it relied on me, whether or not I’m going to make errors or not. I most likely obtained a bit of tight within the second set and he or she for certain used the chance,’ Swiatek stated. ‘In the third set, I wanted to be extra exact.
‘It wasn’t a simple match. I’m glad on the finish I may very well be extra proactive.’
Swiatek, 24, is vying to grow to be the primary lady to seize Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in the identical yr since Serena Williams in 2012. Coincidentally, the one set Swiatek misplaced in London final month got here within the second spherical, as effectively, earlier than she beat Caty McNally and ran the desk the remainder of the way in which.
Her third-round opponent will probably be Russian twenty ninth seed Anna Kalinskaya, who defeated Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva 6-1, 7-5 on Thursday.
Also taking part in early on Thursday was Japanese star Naomi Osaka. The No. 23 seed transformed 5 of 8 break factors as she sailed previous Hailey Baptiste 6-3, 6-1.
No. 13 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia wanted simply 63 minutes to high China’s Xinyu Wang 6-2, 6-2. No. 18 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil had an analogous final result, beating Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic 6-1, 6-4. Haddad Maia superior to face Greece’s Maria Sakkari, a 6-3, 6-1 winner over Anna Bondar of Hungary.
Czech twenty first seed Linda Noskova was main 6-4, 3-0 when Eva Lys of Germany retired.
A pair of highly-seeded Americans will take the stage within the Thursday evening session. No. 3 Coco Gauff is slated to face Croatia’s Donna Vekic, and No. 8 Amanda Anisimova will play Australia’s Maya Joint.
–Field Level Media