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Daria ousts Jelena Ostapenko
Reigning French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko was knocked out of the US Open third round, losing 3-6, 2-6 to Russian Daria Kasaktina after hitting a massive 38 unforced errors on Saturday.
New York: Reigning French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko was knocked out of the US Open third round, losing 3-6, 2-6 to Russian Daria Kasaktina after hitting a massive 38 unforced errors on Saturday.
The Latvian 12th seed, who broke into the limelight in June when she blasted her way to the Roland Garros title, got off to a fast start but the unseeded Kasaktina mixed her game with sliced backhands and chopped forehands to slow her opponent down.
Top seed Rafael Nadal and Swiss legend Roger Federer stormed into the fourth round with convincing victories.
Karolina Pliskova showed the steel of a world number one as she fought off a match point to claim a riveting 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 comeback win over Zhang Shuai in the third round.
Sixth-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem beat Adrian Mannarino of France 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to seal a fourth-round spot.
Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov beat Serbian Victor Troicki 6-1, 6-0, 6-4 to advance to the fourth round.
Nadal on Saturday faced early troubles against Argentine Leonardo Mayer in the first set, but fought back and won the third-round match 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.
Third seeded Swiss Federer advanced to the last-16 round after making short work of Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-3, 7-5.
He will be taking on 33rd seed, German Philipp Kohlschreiber, who is 0-11 for his career against Federer.
There were also wins for sixth seed Dominic Thiem of Austria, who defeated Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in straight sets; Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro, who beat Roberto Bautista of Spain; and ninth seed David Goffin of Belgium, who got past Gael Monfils of France in the third round.
Fourth seed Svitolina eased past Shelby Rogers of the US 6-4, 7-5 to also make last 16.Home player Coco Vandeweghe posted a big win in the third round as she upset 10th seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
