Karolina Pliskova recorded an easy straight-set victory over Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round of the US Open. The Czech saved effort and broke the resistance of the Australian for a little over an hour of play. She succeeded with 2-0 (6:3, 6:2) in her favor and qualified for the fourth round
Karolina Pliskova will face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who won the match versus Varvara Gracheva by 2-0 (6:1, 6:4)
Even more convincing success was recorded by the British Emma Raducanu, who gave only a game to her rival Sara Sorribes Tormo by 2-0 (6:0, 6:10. Thus, the 18-year-old teenager continued her strong performance during the year. After playing in the Round of 16 of Wimbledon, she now reaches the same stage in New York.
The road to the 1/8 finals for Iga Swiatek was much harder. She played a tough clash with Anett Kontaveit, but managed to prevail with 2-1 (6:3, 4:6, 6:3) in just over two hours of play. She will face Belinda Bencic in the next round.
