The sixth-seeded Jessica Pegula advanced to the third round of the US Open. In an all-American clash, Jessica Pegula won by 2-0 (7:6, 6:3) over Sofia Kenin and for the fifth consecutive year will play at the Round of 32 in the tournament.
Jessica Pegula reached the success in 87 minutes, and in both sets of the match she had to comeback after a 0:2 at the beginning. However, her rival Sofia Kenin made 24 unforced errors and six more double faults, which proved to be decisive in her defeat.
In the third round of the tournament, Jessica Pegula will face Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, who eliminated Katie Boulter (Great Britain) after 2-0 (7:5, 7:5).
Finalist in New York in 2009 and 2014, Caroline Wozniacki also advanced to the third round. The Danish player prevailed by 2-0 (6:3, 6:3) over Renata Zarazua (Mexico). The next opponent of Caroline Wozniacki, who returned to the court a year ago after a three-year absence due to maternity, will be Jessika Ponchet (France), who reached this stage without after the withdrawal of the fourth-seeded Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan).
The 2018 and 2020 champion Naomi Osaka (Japan) was knocked out of the tournament. The Japanese played lost by 0-2 (3:6, 6:7) to Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic).
Karolina Muchova, who reached the semifinals in New York last year, showed great character late in the second set when she saved three straight set points on Naomi Osaka’s serve to equalize to 5:5. In the tiebreak, the Czech tennis player took the lead and trailed by 2-4 points at the change of courts, but took four consecutive plays and after Naomi Osaka saved the first match point, Karolina Muchova closed the match on the second.
In the third round, she will play with Anastasia Potapova (Russia).
