Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova moved a step nearer to back-to-back grand slam titles by beating Peyton Stearns to reach the US Open quarter-finals.
The 24-year-old Czech, seeded ninth right here two months after changing into the primary unseeded girl to win at SW19, fell a set behind to Stearns.
But the American teen, whose highly effective forehand accounted for Britain’s Katie Boulter in spherical three, gained simply 5 extra video games as Vondrousova triumphed 6-7 (3) 6-3 6-2.
“She was playing great from the beginning and I just tried to stay in the game,” stated Vondrousova.
“She is a very dangerous player, she has a great future ahead of her and it was a very tough match.
“I’m very happy. I didn’t expect this, after Wimbledon there was a lot of pressure but I’m feeling good and we’ll see what happens next.”
What occurs subsequent is a gathering with Madison Keys, a former Flushing Meadows runner-up who sprung a light shock towards fellow American Jessica Pegula, the third seed.
Keys, seeded 17, is emulating the shape which swept her to the ultimate in 2017 and sunk the highly-fancied Pegula 6-1 6-3.
The 28-year-old stated: “It’s always tough having to play a friend but we’ve been doing it all our lives. On court it’s all business but then we go back to being friends.”
Iga Swiatek’s shock defeat on Sunday night time means there might be a brand new ladies’s champion this 12 months.
But it won’t be final 12 months’s runner-up Ons Jabeur after the fifth seed, who has struggled bodily all week, bowed out 6-2 6-4 to China’s Qinwen Zheng.
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