Daria Kasatkina (Russia) is another top-seed to be out of the US Open 2024. The Russian tennis player lost in the second round to Peyton Stearns (USA) by 0-2 (1:6, 6:7) in a match that lasted 1:23 hours.
The 12th-seeded Daria Kasatkina made 25 unforced errors against only 15 for her opponent, while the winners were 20 vs 12 in favor of Peyton Stearns. The American tennis player started strongly the match, who led by 3:0 after an early break and closed the set at 6:1 with another break.
The second set also started strongly for Peyton Stearns, who made a break for 3:1, but Daria Kasatkina returned it and equalized to 3:3. Both players exchanged breaks and Peyton Stearns had a lead of 6:5 and served for the match, but Daria Kasatkina rebreak and equalized to turn the set into a tiebreak. Although it started equally, the American tennis player scored a 4 points in a row at the end to close it at 7-3 and win the match
In the next round, Peyton Stearns will face the 24th-seeded Donna Vekic (Croatia), who eliminated Greet Minnen (Belgium) after 2-0 (7:5, 6:1).
Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) also advanced to the next round after a straight-set victory versus her compatriot Anhelina Kalinina after 2-0 (6:1, 6:2) and in the next round will face the 3rd-seeded Cori Coco Gauff (USA), who defeated Tatjana Maria (Germany) by 2-0 (6:4, 6:0).
Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) and Emma Navarro (USA) also did not faced any problems and achieved a clean victories in their second round matches, defeating Clara Burel (France by 2-0 (6:1, 6:4) and Arantxa Rus (Netherlands) by 2-0 (6:1, 6:1), respectively.
