No. 26 seed Paula Badosa got here again from a set down and staved off a match level late within the third set Friday to succeed in the spherical of 16 on the US Open for the primary time.
Badosa in the end prevailed towards Romanian qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse in a third-set tiebreak 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8).
It was the second deciding-set tiebreak performed on the ladies’s aspect this match (Ena Shibahara defeated Daria Saville within the first spherical).
Badosa has now reached the spherical of 16 in any respect 4 majors. She is the fifth Spanish lady within the Open period to succeed in the fourth spherical on the 4 Slams, following Garbine Muguruza, Conchita Martínez, Carla Suarez Navarro and Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario.
No. 7 seed Qinwen Zheng, the 2024 Olympic singles gold medalist and Australian Open finalist, shook off sluggish begins in her first two matches and took down unseeded German Jule Niemeier 6-2, 6-1 to succeed in the Spherical of 16 for a second straight 12 months.
“Lastly, it is the primary match I gained in two units. … It is not [been] straightforward for me to play after the Olympic Video games,” stated Zheng, who has famous earlier struggles with focus after deep match runs. “I am beginning to discover my tennis and to play higher and higher.”
Zheng is the second Chinese language lady within the Open period to succeed in the spherical of 16 in back-to-back US Opens, becoming a member of Li Na who did so in 2008 and 2009.
Zheng awaits the winner of Donna Vekic and Peyton Stearns, who play later Friday; Zheng defeated Vekic within the gold-medal match in Paris.
ESPN Stats & Data and Reuters contributed to this report.
