Tuesday 22 August 2017

Warming up for US Open

In a relatively low profile week prior to the commencement of the US Open (qualifying is starting in a few hours) the ATP tour continues in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and the WTA circus winds its way to New Haven, Connecticut.


The men's draw has been headed by top seed Roberto Bautista Agut and two other top twenty players.

Opening round matches were all decided in straight sets except for American wildcard Taylor Fritz taking three sets to overcome Malek Jaziri.


Two second round clashes have been decided and the seeds involved both were defeated after first round byes - Pablo Cuevas (5) to Jan-Lennard Struff and Jiri Vesely (16) to Marcos Baghdatis.


New Haven has been a bloodbath for seeds from the start.


The draw was strong, led by Aga Radwanska and including six of the world's top twenty.

Round one saw:

Petra Kvitova (3) kicked out by Shuai Zhang for the loss of just three games.

Kristina Mladenovic (4) dismissed by Timea Babos.

Elena Vesnina (5) ousted by Romanian Ana Bogdan, ranked 124.

Barbora Strycova (7) beaten by Daria Kasatkina.


Following opening round byes, Radwanska will face Genie Bouchard and Cibulkova meets Alize Cornet, in round two

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