US Open: Zheng through to second round, eliminating Ostapenko
Qinwen Zheng edged out Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 on Tuesday. She’ll face the winner of the match between American Claire Liu and Russian Anastasia Potapova in the next round
Qinwen Zheng (CHN) returns a ball to Rebecca Marino (CAN) (not pictured) at Sobeys Stadium. || AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Chinese Qinwen Zheng advanced to the second round of the US Open by edging out Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 16 seed, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Tuesday.
Ostapenko is the fifth seed out of the women’s draw after Simona Halep (7), Daria Kasatkina (10), Martina Trevisan (27) and Jil Teichmann (30), who lost Monday in the other part of the draw.
This is Zheng’s second upset this year in a major tournament. She defeated Simona Halep at the Roland-Garros second round before disturbing the eventual winner Iga Swiatek.
Zheng, ranked No 39, will play the winner of the match between American Claire Liu and Russian Anastasia Potapova next.
US Open, New York City (Grand Slam), other first-round results so far
- Jessica Pegula (8) beat Viktorija Golubic (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-3, 6-0
- Aryna Sabalenka (6) beat Catherine Harrison (Q): 6-1, 6-3
- Kaia Kanepi beat Tereza Martincova: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Sorana Cirstea beat Laura Siegemund: 6-4, 6-4
- Linda Fruhvirtova (Q) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 6-4
- Garbine Muguruza (9) beat Clara Tauson: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Leylah Fernandez (14) beat Oceane Dodin: 6-3, 6-4
- Viktoria Kuzmova (Q) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-3, 6-4
- Liudmila Samsonova beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Serena Williams beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 6-3
- Aleksandra Krunic beat Elina Avanesyan (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 6-2
- Anett Kontaveit (2) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-3, 6-0
- Barbora Krejcikova (23) beat Fernanda Contreras Gomez (Q): 6-0, 6-4
- Shelby Rogers (31) beat Arantxa Rus: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Karolina Muchova: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Shuai Zhang beat Jil Teichmann (30): 6-4, 6-2
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse beat Daria Saville: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Rebecca Marino beat Magdalena Frech: 6-2, 6-3
- Evgeniya Rodina beat Martina Trevisan (27): 7-5, 6-1
- Ons Jabeur (5) beat Madison Brengle: 7-5, 6-2
- Xiyu Wang beat Diane Parry: 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
- Madison Keys (20) beat Dayana Yastremska: 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Harriet Dart beat Daria Kasatkina (10): 7-6 (8), 1-6, 6-3
- Camila Giorgi beat Anna Bondar: 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (15) beat Ana Konjuh: 6-0, 6-0
- Coco Gauff (12) beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Maryna Zanevska beat Coco Vandeweghe (WC): 6-1, 7-5
- Dalma Galfi beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-4, 6-3
- Daria Snigur (Q) beat Simona Halep (7): 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
- Elizabeth Mandlik (WC) beat Tamara Zidansek: 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Bianca Andreescu beat Harmony Tan (WC): 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
- Maria Sakkari (3) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
- Veronika Kudermetova (18) beat Donna Vekic: 7-5, 6-3
- Camila Osorio beat Ann Li: 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Alison Riske-Amritraj (29) beat Eleana Yu (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Caroline Garcia (17) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (LL): 6-2, 6-4
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-4, 6-3
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