New York, September 1 (Xinhua) -- The second round of singles at the 2022 US Open ended on the 1st, and Spain's Nadal reversed his victory over his old rival Fergenini to advance to the third round. With zheng qinwen and Yuan Yue both winning, five Chinese men and women advanced to the round of 32 in singles.
The most watched focus of the second round of men's singles was between the 36-year-old world third Nadal and the 35-year-old Italian star Fognini. The two sides have met 17 times before, with Nadal leading with 13 wins and 4 losses, and Fognini eliminated Nadal in five sets in the third round of the 2015 US Open.
Fognini won the first set 6-2. In the first eight sets of the second set, Nadal and Fognini each completed three breaks, and Nadal held the second set in the opponent's serve after saving the ninth set to pull back a set 6-4. The game was crossed in the fourth set, when Nadal injured his nose with a racket due to a save, and after a simple processing, the game continued, and finally the Spanish star won three sets in a row to win the game. In the next round he will face France's Gasquet.
The 25th seed, Nova Masters champion Ciurić lost 4-6, 6-7 (10) and 1-6 to American rising star Brooksby. In addition, the No. 8 seed Hulkach was eliminated by Ivaszka.
Women's singles world number one Sviatek swept former tournament champion Stevens in two straight sets to reach the round of 32 of the US Open for three consecutive years. She will face Davis in the next round, who will fight in three sets to reverse 28th seed Alexandrova.
Last year's final four, No. 6 seed Sabalenka defeated Estonia's Canepi 2-6, 7-6 (8) and 6-4. No. 4 seed Bardoza lost 7-6 (5), 1-6 and 2-6 to Croatia's Maltic, becoming the fifth women's singles top 10 seed eliminated at the US Open.
On September 1, Yuan Yue returned the ball during the match. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Jie
Chinese player Zheng Qinwen defeated Russian Player Potapova 7-6 (4) and 7-6 (3) and Yuan Yue saved a set in the second set to eliminate Romanian Star Begu 6-3, 7-6 (6). Together with Zhang Shuai, Wang Xiyu and male player Wu Yiyu, they reached the singles round of 32.
On September 1, Zheng Qinwen returned the ball during the match. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Jie
The women's doubles ushered in the first round of the match, with the previous champion Zhang Shuai and Ukraine's Kostyak beating their opponents 6-4. The Chinese duo of Xu Yipan and Yang Zhaoxuan, as the No. 7 seed, defeated China's Han Xinyun and Russia's Rodina 32 with 3:6, 6:1 and 6:2 to advance to the round of 32.
The 14-time Grand Slam women's doubles champion Williams sisters lost to the Czech duo of Hradecka/Noskova, while No. 2 seeds Gauff/Pegula were reversed by Fernandez/Savile, becoming the only seed pair to stop the first round.
Source: Xinhua News Agency