The third round is under way today at the US Open. Many interesting matches have been played in recent days, and many of the seeds are already out. In the women’s draw, only three members of the top ten made it to the third round. First, third seed Maria Sharapova withdrew before the tournament with an injury; then Lucie Šafářová (6), Ana Ivanovic (7), Karolína Plíšková (8) and Carla Suárez Navarro (10) lost in the very first round, and Caroline Wozniacki (4) and Garbiñe Muguruza (9) couldn’t get past the second.
Of these defeats, the most remarkable was undoubtedly that of ninth seed Garbiñe Muguruza against Britain’s Johanna Konta.
Garbiñe Muguruza during her match against Johanna Konta Photo: Garrett Ellwood/USTA
The winner emerged after three sets, 7:6(4) 6:7(4) 6:2, and the match lasted a record 3 hours and 23 minutes — the longest women’s match at the US Open since the tiebreak was introduced in 1970.
The second-round exit of this year’s Wimbledon finalist is a big surprise.
Garbiñe after this year’s Wimbledon final Photo: Susan Mullane/USA TODAY Sports
Featured image: Jerry Lai/USA TODAY Sport (Garbiñe Muguruza and Johanna Konta)
Inside post thumbnail image: Ella Ling/BPI/Rex Shutterstock (Johanna Konta)
Translated from Georgian with the assistance of Claude (Anthropic), reviewed by the Velorbola editors.
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