MASON, Ohio — Prime-ranked Iga Swiatek survived in her return to onerous courts Wednesday evening within the Cincinnati Open, outlasting Varvara Gracheva 6-0, 6-7 (8), 6-2.
Taking part in for the primary time since ending third for Poland within the Paris Olympics on clay, Swiatek arrange a third-round match towards Marta Kostyuk — a 6-3, 7-5 winner over Lulu Solar.
“For positive, the transition might be the toughest, from just like the slowest floor to the quickest floor,” Swiatek stated. “However that is why I am nonetheless proud of my efficiency and looking out ahead to a different match to form of nonetheless do the grinding and implement what I used to be engaged on, however probably not specializing in the outcomes.”
Swiatek received her third straight French Open title in Might and has six WTA Tour victories this season.
On the boys’s aspect within the U.S. Open tuneup occasion, top-ranked Jannik Sinner obtained previous American Alex Michelsen 6-4, 7-5 in his first match.
Within the late match, Jiri Lehecka upset fourth-seeded Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (2), 6-4.
Earlier in ladies’s play, 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva beat eleventh seeded Emma Navarro 6-2, 6-2. Andreeva was enjoying her first match since taking a silver medal in doubles in Paris.
“I simply went on the market, tried to point out my greatest stage, and tried to win a match, and I feel I did it,” Andreeva stated.
Andreeva will face 2016 Cincinnati champion Karolina Pliskova.
Toronto semifinalist Diana Shnaider of Russia, Andreeva’s doubles companion in Paris, beat Zhang Shuai 6-1, 6-4.
Sinner improved to 25-2 on onerous courts this season and superior to a third-round assembly with Australia’s Jordan Thompson. Sinner is making an attempt to achieve the quarterfinals in Cincinnati for the primary time.
“I am very comfortable to be within the subsequent spherical,” the Italian star stated. “For me it is a place the place I used to battle rather a lot up to now years, so let’s have a look at what I can do that time.”
Thompson beat Sebastian Baez 6-2, 6-4.
Stefanos Tsitsipas, in his first match since asserting he would not be coached by his father, rallied to beat Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Tsitsipas, the No. 9 seed, revealed that Apostolos Tsitsipas would not coach him after dropping to Kei Nishikori in his first match final week in Montreal.
