US Open: Rakhimova advances to second round, ending Garcia’s career
Kamilla Rakhimova won against Caroline Garcia 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 on Monday evening. She’ll play the winner of the match between Australian Daria Kasatkina, the No 15 seed, and Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse in the next round
Caroline Garcia, Madrid 2024
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Russian Kamilla Rakhimova advanced to the second round of the US Open by beating French wildcard Caroline Garcia 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Monday.
This was Caroline Garcia’s last appearance at the pro level. Aged 31, Garcia decided to stop her career in 2025. She reached the 4th rankings at the WTA and won the WTA Finals in 2022.
Rakhimova, ranked No 68, will play the winner of the match between Australian Daria Kasatkina, the No 15 seed, and Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse 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
- Katie Volynets vs. Zeynep Sonmez
- Anna Bondar vs. Elina Svitolina
- Maria Sakkari vs. Tatjana Maria
- Darja Semenistaja vs. Peyton Stearns
- Magdalena Frech vs. Talia Gibson
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Ann Li vs. Rebecca Sramkova: monday
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse: monday
- Cristina Bucsa beat Claire Liu (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- Anna Kalinskaya (29) beat Clervie Ngounoue (WC): 6-0, 5-7, 6-4
- Elena Rybakina (9) beat Julieta Pareja (WC): 6-3, 6-0
- Iva Jovic beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Taylor Townsend beat Antonia Ruzic: 6-4, 6-4
- Elise Mertens (19) beat Alyssa Ahn (WC): 6-1, 6-0
- Renata Zarazua beat Madison Keys (6): 6-7 (10), 7-6 (3), 7-5
- Barbora Krejcikova beat Victoria Mboko (22): 6-3, 6-2
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Dayana Yastremska (30): 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Yulia Putintseva beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Diane Parry beat Petra Kvitova: 6-1, 6-0
- Priscilla Hon (Q) beat Leolia Jeanjean: 6-3, 7-5
- Liudmila Samsonova (17) beat Yue Yuan: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Jessica Pegula (4) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-0, 6-4
- Victoria Azarenka beat Hina Inoue (Q): 7-6, 6-4
- Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Destanee Aiava (Q): 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Anna Blinkova beat Yuliia Starodubtseva: 6-3, 6-1
- Belinda Bencic (16) beat Shuai Zhang (Q): 6-3, 6-3
- Anastasia Potapova beat Lin Zhu: 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
- Emma Navarro (10) beat Yafan Wang: 7-6 (9), 6-3
- Lulu Sun beat Camila Osorio: 6-4, 2-6, 6-0
- Jelena Ostapenko (25) beat Xiyu Wang (Q): 6-4, 6-3
- Catherine McNally (WC) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-2, 6-2
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Rebeka Masarova: 7-5, 6-1
- Alexandra Eala beat Clara Tauson (14): 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (11)
- Moyuka Uchijima beat Olga Danilovic: 7-6 (2), 4-6, 7-6 (9)
- Janice Tjen (Q) beat Veronika Kudermetova (24): 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- 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
