Olena Ostapenko, the 16th seed at Flushing Meadows, crashed out of the US Open in the first round after being beaten in three sets by Qinwen Zheng.
Olena Ostapenko was eliminated by Qinwen Zheng in the first round of the US Open 2022
The 2017 Roland Garros champion from Latvia lost to the Chinese, ranked 39th in the world, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 after two hours of play.
Qinwen surprised with his service in Tuesday’s match: he had 21 aces.
In the next round of the Grand Slam tournament in New York, Zheng will meet the winner of the match between American Claire Liu (82 WTA) and Russian Anastasia Potapova (52 WTA).
The 2022 US Open will be held from August 29 to September 11, and highlights from Flushing Meadows will be LiveText on HotNews.ro. In Romania, the competition can be watched live on Eurosport.
Source: Hot News RO
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