Osaka crashes out of US Open at hands of Muchova

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka crashed out of the US Open as Karolina Muchova, from the Czech Republic, defeated her 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the second round on Thursday on Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.

Osaka started the match steadily before Muchova rose to break her twice and take the first set, landing 86 percent of her first serves.

The second set witnessed a close fight as the two players remained on serve before Osaka converted a break point in the ninth game. She then served for the match and earned three set points only to be broken back as she committed errors with her forehand and sprayed a double fault as well.

The set went to the tiebreaker, where the two-time US Open champion managed to save a match point but Muchova closed it by cashing in on the second.

“Honestly this year the biggest win for me is that I could play again,” Muchova, who underwent a wrist surgery earlier this year, told Nick Kyrgios in the post-match interview. “I’m really grateful I’m able to play tennis and that I made it here. This is just the cherry on top to be here in this stadium. It’s crazy.”

Muchova, ranked No 52, will play Russian Anastasia Potapova next. In the previous rounds, the Czech won against American Katie Volynets (6-3, 7-5).

New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):

• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Renata Zarazua
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (25) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
• Elena Rybakina vs. Jessika Ponchet
• Jessica Pegula (6) beat Sofia Kenin: 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Ena Shibahara (Q): 6-0, 6-1
• Anastasia Potapova beat Varvara Lepchenko (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (22) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-2, 6-1
• Ashlyn Krueger beat Mirra Andreeva (21): 6-1, 6-4
• Jasmine Paolini (5) beat Karolina Pliskova: 0-0 ret.
• Liudmila Samsonova (16) beat Marie Bouzkova: 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Sara Errani beat Caroline Dolehide: 7-5, 7-5
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Katie Boulter (31): 7-5, 7-5
• Yulia Putintseva (30) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Anna Kalinskaya (15) beat Anna Bondar: 6-2, 6-4
• Diana Shnaider (18) beat Clara Tauson: 6-4, 6-4
• Peyton Stearns beat Daria Kasatkina (12): 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Elina Svitolina (27) beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-1, 6-2
• Coco Gauff (3) beat Tatjana Maria: 6-4, 6-0
• Victoria Azarenka (20) beat Clara Burel: 6-1, 6-4
• Donna Vekic (24) beat Greet Minnen: 7-5, 6-1
• Emma Navarro (13) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-1, 6-1
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 6-1
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (29) beat Iva Jovic (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Marta Kostyuk (19) beat Harriet Dart: 7-6 (10), 6-1
• Yafan Wang beat Diane Parry: 6-0, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng (7) beat Erika Andreeva: 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-2
• Madison Keys (14) beat Maya Joint (Q): 6-4, 6-0
• Elise Mertens (33) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 6-2
• Jule Niemeier beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-4, 6-0
• Paula Badosa (26) beat Taylor Townsend: 6-3, 7-5
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (8): 6-4, 7-5

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