Round of 16: shot by the Chinese who surpasses the 2022 finalist. The US derby goes to the Keys: out Jessica, number 3 in the world, 6-1 6-3. Vondrousova struggles to beat Stearns 6-7 (3) 6-3 6-2
After the elimination of the reigning champion Iga Swiatek and the crowning of the new world number one Aryna Sabalenka, the second finalist of 2022, Ons Jabeur, seeded number 5, also falls in the round of 16 of the US Open. The Tunisian has never been in shape in New York and has never demonstrated the level of play of last year, or even that of the most recent Wimbledon.
super zheng
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The Chinese Zheng Qinwen, number 23 in the world, took advantage of it, having barely saved herself in the previous round against our Lucia Bronzetti. This time the Asian dominated without ifs and buts (6-2 6-4 the final result), and however good, young and promising she is (she will turn 21 in October), it is undeniable that Jabeur’s collaboration was decisive. Zheng, for the first time in the quarterfinals of a slam tournament, will meet the winner between the Russian Kasaktina and the new world n.1 Sabalenka: needless to say that the Belarusian is clearly the favorite, but we will see how she reacts to the emotional backlash of conquered the throne.
other eighths
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As for the other two eighth-finals of the daytime session of the US Open, the defeat of Jessica Pegula, number three in the world, was also surprising, swept away in the US derby by a wild Madison Keys, finalist in New York in 2017, who brought home the match with a peremptory 6-1 6-3. Little to say: match dominated by Madison, one of the promises never really kept but capable of sensational flare-ups (like this one), deadly on serve (77% of points won with the first), with Pegula unable to mount even the slightest resistance. In the other eighth the Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, n.9, beat another American, Peyton Stearns, 21, from Cincinnati, and tournament revelation, in comeback and suffering more than expected. The Czech, who has a shoulder problem, won 6-7 (3) 6-3 6-2, but there are many doubts about her physical condition: natural to think that Keys has more than one chance of finishing in the semifinals.
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