NEW YORK — Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova was knocked out of the US Open within the second spherical on Wednesday, defeated by Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-4, 7-5.
The No. 8-seeded Krejcikova gained her second Grand Slam singles title this summer season, however then she didn’t play any matches after the Paris Olympics. She acknowledged final week not realizing the place her stage of play was.
Seems, it wasn’t ok.
Ruse received far more work on the US Open’s exhausting courts whereas enjoying her means into the principle draw by way of the qualifying match and was higher than Krejcikova on the factors that mattered most, combating again from a 5-3 deficit within the second set to win the ultimate 4 video games.
“Barbora, she’s such a superb participant, she’s gained so many matches within the final two years and it’s only a dream for me,” mentioned Ruse, a 26-year-old from Romania.
She superior to the third spherical of a Grand Slam for the primary time and can play No. 26 seed Paula Badosa, who eradicated American Taylor Townsend 6-3, 7-5.
Badosa continued her resurgence in a powerful summer season by reaching the third spherical of the US Open for the primary time.
“I do know it’s only a third spherical, however I used to be actually wanting ahead to doing this in New York,” mentioned Badosa, a Spaniard who was born in New York.
One other girls’s third-round match will see No. 14 seed Madison Keys towards No. 33 Elise Mertens. Keys rolled previous Maya Joint 6-4, 6-0, whereas Mertens knocked out Ajla Tomljanovic 6-3, 6-2.
Defending champions Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic have been on the schedule Wednesday night time.
