US Open: 16th seed Samsonova battles back from the brink to make third round
Liudmila Samsonova won against Marie Bouzkova 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3 on Thursday. She’ll play Ashlyn Krueger in the next round
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Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 16 seed, reached the third round of the US Open by defeating Marie Bouzkova 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3 on Thursday.
Bouzkova led 6-3, 4-1 (40-15) in the match and was also up a break in the decider before the Russian fought back to take the match in three sets.
Samsonova, ranked No 16, will play American Ashlyn Krueger next.
Ahead of her victory, the Russian won against Chinese Qiang Wang (6-2, 7-5).
Bouzkova, ranked No 45, edged out German qualifier Eva Lys (6-2, 1-6, 7-5) in the previous round.
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
- Naomi Osaka vs. Karolina Muchova
- Elena Rybakina vs. Jessika Ponchet
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Pegula: thursday
- 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.
- 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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