Pliskova battles back to beat Linette at US Open, Bouzkova next
The former world No 1 came from 4-1 down in the final set and will face Marie Bouzkova in the next round
Karolina Pliskova returns the ball during her National Bank Open | Icon SMI / Panoramic
Czech Karolina Pliskova, the No 22 seed, edged out Pole Magda Linette 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (8) to move into the second round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City on Tuesday evening.
Former world No 1 Pliskova, the runner-up at the US Open in 2016 and at Wimbledon last year, trailed 4-1 in the final set but came back and despite failing to serve out at 6-5, pinched the final-set tiebreak 10-8 for victory.
Pliskova, ranked No 22, will face another Czech, Marie Bouzkova, next.
US Open, New York City (Grand Slam), other first-round results so far
- Jessica Pegula (8) beat Viktorija Golubic (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-3, 6-0
- Aryna Sabalenka (6) beat Catherine Harrison (Q): 6-1, 6-3
- Kaia Kanepi beat Tereza Martincova: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Sorana Cirstea beat Laura Siegemund: 6-4, 6-4
- Marie Bouzkova beat Linda Noskova (Q): 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-2
- Linda Fruhvirtova (Q) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-3, 6-4
- Garbine Muguruza (9) beat Clara Tauson: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Qinwen Zheng beat Jelena Ostapenko (16): 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- Leylah Fernandez (14) beat Oceane Dodin: 6-3, 6-4
- Viktoria Kuzmova (Q) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-3, 6-4
- Liudmila Samsonova beat Sara Bejlek (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Serena Williams beat Danka Kovinic: 6-3, 6-3
- Aleksandra Krunic beat Elina Avanesyan (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Anna Karolina Schmiedlova beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 6-2
- Anett Kontaveit (2) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-3, 6-0
- Barbora Krejcikova (23) beat Fernanda Contreras Gomez (Q): 6-0, 6-4
- Shelby Rogers (31) beat Arantxa Rus: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Karolina Muchova: 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Shuai Zhang beat Jil Teichmann (30): 6-4, 6-2
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse beat Daria Saville: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Rebecca Marino beat Magdalena Frech: 6-2, 6-3
- Evgeniya Rodina beat Martina Trevisan (27): 7-5, 6-1
- Ons Jabeur (5) beat Madison Brengle: 7-5, 6-2
- Xiyu Wang beat Diane Parry: 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
- Madison Keys (20) beat Dayana Yastremska: 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Harriet Dart beat Daria Kasatkina (10): 7-6 (8), 1-6, 6-3
- Camila Giorgi beat Anna Bondar: 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (15) beat Ana Konjuh: 6-0, 6-0
- Coco Gauff (12) beat Leolia Jeanjean (Q): 6-2, 6-3
- Maryna Zanevska beat Coco Vandeweghe (WC): 6-1, 7-5
- Dalma Galfi beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 6-4, 6-3
- Daria Snigur (Q) beat Simona Halep (7): 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
- Elizabeth Mandlik (WC) beat Tamara Zidansek: 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Bianca Andreescu beat Harmony Tan (WC): 6-0, 3-6, 6-1
- Maria Sakkari (3) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
- Veronika Kudermetova (18) beat Donna Vekic: 7-5, 6-3
- Camila Osorio beat Ann Li: 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Alison Riske-Amritraj (29) beat Eleana Yu (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Caroline Garcia (17) beat Kamilla Rakhimova (LL): 6-2, 6-4
- Anna Kalinskaya beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-4, 6-3
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