US Open: Pera upsets Kudermetova to book spot in second round
Bernarda Pera won against Veronika Kudermetova 7-5, 6-4. She’ll play the winner of the match between Slovak lucky loser Viktoria Hruncakova and Chinese Xiyu Wang in the next round
Bernarda Pera (Icon SMI / Panoramic)
American Bernarda Pera won against Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 16 seed, 7-5, 6-4 to reach the second round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
Pera, ranked No 73, will play the winner of the match between Slovak lucky loser Viktoria Hruncakova and Chinese Xiyu Wang next.
New York (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 44.700.000, most recent results first):
- Maryna Zanevska vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Greet Minnen vs. Venus Williams
- Ana Bogdan vs. Sofia Kenin
- Anna Blinkova vs. Jodie Burrage
- Sachia Vickery vs. Donna Vekic
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Robin Montgomery vs. Eva Lys
- Barbora Strycova vs. Kaia Kanepi
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Nadia Podoroska
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Fiona Crawley
- Clara Tauson vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Clara Burel
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Alycia Parks
- Patricia Maria Tig vs. Rebecca Marino
- Elina Svitolina vs. Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Peyton Stearns vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Camila Giorgi vs. Jessica Pegula
- Tatjana Maria vs. Petra Martic
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Vera Zvonareva
- Na-Lae Han vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Martina Trevisan vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Lesia Tsurenko
- Caroline Garcia vs. Yafan Wang
- Arantxa Rus vs. Madison Keys
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Linda Noskova vs. Madison Brengle
- Ons Jabeur vs. Camila Osorio
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Claire Liu
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Katie Boulter vs. Diane Parry
- Tatiana Prozorova vs. Caroline Wozniacki
- Laura Siegemund vs. Coco Gauff
- Petra Kvitova vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Kayla Day vs. Sorana Cirstea
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Olivia Gadecki vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Alize Cornet vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Panna Udvardy vs. Ajla Tomljanovic
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Magda Linette
- Elise Mertens vs. Mirjam Bjorklund
- Viktoria Hruncakova vs. Xiyu Wang
- Kimberly Birrell vs. Jennifer Brady
- Lin Zhu vs. Mayar Sherif: monday
- Kaja Juvan vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto: monday
- Katie Volynets vs. Xinyu Wang: monday
- Elena Rybakina vs. Marta Kostyuk: monday
- Yuriko Miyazaki vs. Margarita Betova: monday
- Danielle Collins beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 6-2, 6-0
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo: monday
- Sloane Stephens vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia: monday
- Lauren Davis beat Danka Kovinic: 6-2, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-0, 6-1
- Rebeka Masarova beat Maria Sakkari (8): 6-4, 6-4
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Kateryna Baindl: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Taylor Townsend beat Varvara Gracheva: 6-4, 6-2
- Magdalena Frech beat Emma Navarro: 7-6 (10), 1-6, 6-2
- Karolina Muchova (10) beat Storm Hunter (WC): 6-4, 6-0
- Belinda Bencic (15) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-2, 6-4
- Victoria Azarenka (18) beat Fiona Ferro (WC): 6-1, 6-2
- Daria Saville beat Clervie Ngounoue (WC): 6-0, 6-2
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