She will play another Romanian, Sorana Cirstea, who also came from a set down as she beat Spain's Aliona Bolsova 3-6 6-4 6-2. In the tie-break, Townsend was never behind and from 4-4 then won the final three points to book her place in the next round. The Romanian also had her own chance to win it, but wasted it when she went long with a forehand as Townsend again ran into the net. She had missed two match points at 5-4 in the final set, double-faulting on the first opportunity before Halep produced a fine down-the-line forehand winner on the second. In front of a large crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium, it looked like being a routine win for former world number one Halep.īut Townsend fought back with an attacking serve-volley game that saw her move into the net more than 100 times.
Zverev defeats Tiafoe in five-set battle as Nadal gets walkoverįormer world number one Simona Halep won the French Open in 2018 and the Wimbledon title earlier this year.Evans to face Federer next as impressive Konta also reaches third round.The 27-year-old recovered in time to feature in Cincinnati but lost to eventual winner Madison Keys in the round of 16. "I said to myself this was an opportunity to go for it. A similar problem plagued her ahead of the 2018 U.S. When I've played Halep before I tried to make balls and played not to lose. "This match gives me so much confidence that I can do it. I had a match point against Kiki Bertens at Wimbledon and close matches this year and not managed to get over the hump. In a thrilling final set, Halep had a match point before qualifier Townsend won in a dramatic tie-break.Īn emotional Townsend said: "This means a lot. Svitolina served notice about her ability to win this title by gradually overpowering Venus Williams in straight sets on Wednesday.Wimbledon champion Halep, 27, cruised through the opening set but showed her frustration in the third by hitting her racquet on the ground after a miss. Kenin has already proved she's over the setback, but Keys' experience should prove decisive once again. Keys has the psychological edge, though, after beating Kenin in straight sets in the last four at Cincinnati. Kenin was three games down in the first set but battled back to take it after a tiebreak. The latter has impressed by outlasting CoCo Vandeweghe in the opening round before rallying brilliantly against Laura Siegemund. She was too strong for Misaki Doi and Zhu Lin in the early rounds but will likely find Kenin tougher opposition. Medvedev may not have looked as good as he did in Ohio, but Keys has barely skipped a beat from her strong performances this month.
The Tennis Podcast just say I’ve seen players look more like #USOpen title contenders than Daniil Medvedev did just then.Ĭramping, missing, struggling.but ultimately winning against Dellien.
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