The 2021 champion Emma Raducanu (Great Britain) is out of the US Open 2024 after losing to Sofia Kenin (USA) by 1-2 (6:1, 3:6, 6:4) in another meeting between two Slam title holders.
Sofia Kenin, who is the winner of the 2020 Australian Open, played aggressively, hitting six aces and hitting 45 winners to reach the second round, where will face compatriot Jessica Pegula.
Emma Raducanu, trying to recapture the form of three years ago in New York when she became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam, was unable to cope with Sofia Kenin’s steady hitting.
Meanwhile, the sixth-seeded Jessica Pegula (USA) defeated her compatriot Shelby Rogers by 2-0 (6:4, 6:3), while the fifth-seeded Jasmine Paolini achieved a difficult success over Bianca Andreescu (Canada) by 2-1 (6:7, 6:2, 6:4).
Four Russian women advance after straight-set victories in the first round of the tournament. The 25th-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Taylah Preston (Australia) by 2-0 (6:2, 6:0), 21st-seeded Mirra Andreeva won against Camila Osorio (Colombia) with 2-0 (6:2, 7:6), 15th-seeded Anna Kalinskaya eliminated Lauren Davis (USA) with 2-0 (6:2, 6:2), and 18th-seeded Diana Shnaider won against Nadia Podoroska (Argentina) with 2-0 (6:0, 6:1).
Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) qualified for the second round after defeating Linda Noskova (Czech Republic) 2-0 (7:6, 6:4), and Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil) eliminated Elina Avanesyan (Russia) by 2-1 (4:6, 6:0. 6:2).
