Chinese qualifier Yafan Wang brought one of the surprises in the first round of the US Open, eliminating the 7th-seeded Caroline Garcia (France) after 2-0 (6:4, 6:1) in 1:11 hours of play.
The French tennis player made as much as 6 double faults and 34 unforced errors, which brought the success in the match to her opponent, who is WTA No 114. Yafan Wang made one break in the first set and three more in the second set, which were enough for her to overcome the high-seeded opponent.
Meanwhile, Martina Trevisan (Italy) overturned the match versus Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) and finally won by 2-1 (0:6, 7:6, 7:6), while Petra Martic (Croatia) defeated Tatjana Maria (Germany) by 2-0 (6:2, 6:1).
Madison Keys (USA) also advanced to the second round after defeating Arantxa Rus (Netherlands) by 2-0 (6:2, 6:4) and will face the “lucky looser” Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium), who eliminated Vera Zvonareva (Russia) by 2-0 (6:4, 6:4).
Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic), Clara Burel (France) and Peyton Stearns (USA) also advanced to the second round of the US Open 2023 after straight-set victories over Na-Lae Han (South Korea), Caroline Dolehide (USA), and Viktoriya Tomova (Bulgaria), respectively.
The 3rd-seeded Jessica Pegula (USA) also cruised easily to the second round after defeating Camila Giorgi (Italy) by 2-0 (6:2, 6:2). In the next round, the American will face Patricia Maria Tig (Romania), who achieved her career biggest success after eliminating Rebecca Marino (Canada) by 2-0 (7:6, 7:6).
The Ukrainian player Elina Svitolina, who recently returned from maternity, defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam (Germany) by 2-0 (6:3, 6:1), while the Danish talent Clara Tauson eliminated the 27th-seeded Anastasia Potapova (Russia) by 2-1 (7:6, 3:6, 6:3).
Daria Kasatkina (Russia) also advanced to the second round after eliminated Alycia Parks (USA) by 2-1 (2:6, 6:4, 6:2, as well as Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine), who defeated Elsa Jacquemot (France) by 2-1 (7:5, 3:6, 6:1).
Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) defeated Elena Gabriela Ruse (Romania) by 2-0 (6:1, 6:4).
