The Czech teenager Linda Fruhvirtova did her best but failed against 9th-seeded Garbine Muguruza and left the US Open 2022 after a fantastic match. The Spanish player, who is quite more experienced, took the win by 2-0 (6:0, 6:4) for only 72 minutes, but the Czech qualifier made a really great second set and was very close to win it.
The match started with the total dominance of Garbine Muguruza, who broke her opponent on zero already in the first game. The set continue in the same pace and the Spaniard won the set on zero for only 21 minutes.
Between the sets, Linda Fruhvirtova took a longer break, which helped her to return in quite difference mood. She won her serve game, then broke her opponent and won another serving game. Thus she took a lead of 3:0 and was in a confident way running the set in her favour. Garbine Muguruza won the fourth game on zero, but Linda Fruhvirtova made the same. At 4:1 for the Czech player, Garbine Muguruza made terrible mistakes at her serve and the result was 0:40, giving three break points to Linda Fruhvirtova. However, the Spanish player benefited from her experience and finally won her serve game to make the result 4:2. This was a turning point in the gameplay of Linda Fruhvirtova, who finally lost the set by 4:6.
Thus, Garbine Muguruza continue to the next round, where will face Petra Kvitova, who qualified for the next round after a walkover of Anhelina Kalinina.
