US Open: Qualifier Tjen stuns V.Kudermetova, Raducanu next!
Janice Tjen edged out Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 on Sunday evening. She’ll face Englishwoman Emma Raducanu in the next round
Veronika Kudermetova, US Open 2025 | © Zuma / PsNewz
Indonesian qualifier Janice Tjen advanced to the second round of the US Open by edging out Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the No 24 seed, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Sunday.
This was the big surprise of the first day at the US Open so far, wen and women combined. It’s Indonesia’s first win in a Grand Slam main draw in 22 years. Angelique Widjaja was the previous match winner, at the 2004 US Open.
It’s Tjen’s first top 50 win in her career, at her second occasion. The 22-year-old Indonesian achieved a lot on the second circuit these last fifteen months with13 ITF titles and100 wins out of 113 matches.
This draw happened to be a tough one for Kudermetova, who could not confirm her Cincinnati run to the semi-final.
Tjen, ranked No 147, will face Englishwoman Emma Raducanu next.
New York (Grand Slam), other first-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 90.000.000, most recent results first):
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Coco Gauff
- Greet Minnen vs. Naomi Osaka
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Donna Vekic vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Anastasia Zakharova vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Solana Sierra
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Sofia Kenin
- Francesca Jones vs. Eva Lys
- Laura Siegemund vs. Diana Shnaider
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Anastasija Sevastova
- Lois Boisson vs. Viktorija Golubic
- Danielle Collins vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Amanda Anisimova vs. Kimberly Birrell
- Linda Noskova vs. Dalma Galfi
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Xinyu Wang
- Emiliana Arango vs. Iga Swiatek
- Suzan Lamens vs. Valerie Glozman
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sonay Kartal
- Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva vs. Maya Joint
- Katie Boulter vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Alycia Parks vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Venus Williams vs. Karolina Muchova
- Anna Bondar vs. Elina Svitolina
- Darja Semenistaja vs. Peyton Stearns
- Magdalena Frech vs. Talia Gibson
- Katie Volynets vs. Zeynep Sonmez
- Maria Sakkari vs. Tatjana Maria
- Ann Li vs. Rebecca Sramkova
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Taylor Townsend vs. Antonia Ruzic
- Elena Rybakina vs. Julieta Pareja
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Claire Liu
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Clervie Ngounoue
- Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Caroline Garcia
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Iva Jovic
- Elise Mertens vs. Alyssa Ahn
- Madison Keys vs. Renata Zarazua
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Petra Kvitova vs. Diane Parry
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Victoria Mboko
- Leolia Jeanjean vs. Priscilla Hon
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Yue Yuan
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Jessica Pegula vs. Mayar Sherif
- Destanee Aiava vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Shuai Zhang vs. Belinda Bencic
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Hina Inoue
- Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Anna Blinkova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Lin Zhu
- Lulu Sun vs. Camila Osorio
- Emma Navarro vs. Yafan Wang
- Jelena Ostapenko vs. Xiyu Wang
- Jil Teichmann vs. Catherine McNally
- Aryna Sabalenka vs. Rebeka Masarova: sunday
- Alexandra Eala vs. Clara Tauson: sunday
- Moyuka Uchijima vs. Olga Danilovic: sunday
- Leylah Fernandez (31) beat Rebecca Marino (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Oksana Selekhmeteva (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (3)
- Emma Raducanu beat Ena Shibahara (Q): 6-1, 6-2
- Polina Kudermetova beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 2-2 ret.
- McCartney Kessler (32) beat Magda Linette: 7-5, 7-5
- Tereza Valentova (Q) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
