US Open: Garcia sends top seed Pliskova packing
Czech top seed Karolina Pliskova crashed out of the US Open women’s singles in the second round, while Naomi Osaka and Petra Kvitova advanced. The 2016 runner-up fell to France’s Caroline Garcia 1-6, 6-7(2) in a match that lasted an hour and 33 minutes.
By : migrator
Update: 2020-09-03 19:31 GMT
New York
Garcia, ranked 50 on the WTA standings, will next face 28th seed Jennifer Brady, who beat CiCi Bellis 6-1, 6-2. Against Pliskova, Garcia produced 30 winners and just 17 unforced errors. Meanwhile, 2018 champion and fourth seed Osaka (Japan) made light work of Italy’s Camila Giorgi, winning the match 6-1, 6-2.
Czech Kvitova managed a hard-fought two-set win over Ukraine’s Kateryna Kozlova, with the final score reading 7-6(3), 6-2. In men’s doubles, Divij Sharan and his Serbian partner Nikola Cacic crashed out in the first round as they lost 4-6, 6-3, 3-6 to Nikola Mektic and Wesley Koolhof, from Croatia and the Netherlands respectively.
US OPEN 2020 TOP RESULTS:
Women’s singles:Second round: Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) lost to Caroline Garcia (France) 1-6, 6-7(2); Naomi Osaka (Japan) beat Camila Giorgi (Italy) 6-1, 6-2; Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Kateryna Kozlova (Ukraine) 7-6(3), 6-2.
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