US Open: Ruse upsets Wimbledon champion Krejcikova to reach third round
Elena-Gabriela Ruse defeated Barbora Krejcikova 6-4, 6-0. She’ll Paula Badosa in the next round.
Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse defeated No 8 seed Barbora Krejcikova 6-4, 7-5 to reach the third round of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Wednesday.
The defending Wimbledon champion was broken four times during the match, breaking Ruse’s serve for the first and only time mid-way through the second set. However, when trying to serve out the second set, Krejcikova failed to hold serve, before being broken for the match.
Ruse, ranked No 122, will play Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 26 seed, next.
The Romanian won against Austrian Julia Grabher (6-2, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round, Krejcikova, ranked No 8, won against Spanish qualifier Marina Bassols Ribera (7-6 (3), 6-2).
New York (Grand Slam), other second-round results (USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, hard, USD 75.000.000, most recent results first):
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Jasmine Paolini
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Xinyu Wang
- Varvara Lepchenko vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Naomi Osaka vs. Karolina Muchova
- Anna Bondar vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Renata Zarazua
- Elena Rybakina vs. Jessika Ponchet
- Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Pegula
- Katie Boulter vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Clara Tauson vs. Diana Shnaider
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Sara Errani
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Ashlyn Krueger
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Iga Swiatek vs. Ena Shibahara
- Tatjana Maria vs. Coco Gauff
- Victoria Azarenka vs. Clara Burel
- Peyton Stearns vs. Daria Kasatkina
- Elina Svitolina vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Emma Navarro vs. Arantxa Rus
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Donna Vekic vs. Greet Minnen
- Diane Parry vs. Yafan Wang
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Erika Andreeva
- Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Iva Jovic
- Harriet Dart vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Madison Keys vs. Maya Joint: wednesday
- Elise Mertens (33) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 6-2
- Jule Niemeier beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-4, 6-0
- Paula Badosa beat Taylor Townsend: 6-3, 7-5