A surprise quarterfinalist at the French Open this year, she received treatment on her right arm during the second set Wednesday.
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Reigning Roland Garros champion and third seed Garbine Muguruza of Spain tackles Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova. Vesely and Andrey Kuznetsov were even at 5-5 in the first set in the third round last Wednesday when he stopped.
Slovak 12th seed Dominika Cibulkova overcame a left-thigh injury to see off Russia’s Evgeniya Rodina 6-7, 6-2, 6-2, winning 17 of the last 18 points.
After a 7-6 (2), 6-2 second-round win over Cagla Buyukakcay on Wednesday, the 14th-seeded Kvitova explained: “For me, it’s really exhausting to still be in the auto and it’s a lot of people here. I wasn’t moving that well”, Raonic said.
American qualifier Ryan Harrison has pulled off the biggest upset so far at this year’s U.S. Open, stunning fifth-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 7-5, 6-1 in second-round action Wednesday.
“It was extremely physical out there”.
Harrison was regarded as one of the most promising American players in his younger days and reached a career-high ranking of No 43 in July 2012 but the 24-year-old has since slumped to No 120.
The 13th-seeded Konta went down late in the second set Wednesday against Tsvetana Pironkova.
Raonic, considered as a potential title dangerman in NY, hit 18 aces and fired down 69 winners but was undone by 62 unforced errors.
It was only the second time in 28 attempts that Harrison has beaten a top-10 player.
Raonic said he started cramping “halfway through the second set”.
Djokovic will face either Guido Pella of Argentina or Mikhail Youzhny of Russian Federation on Friday for a place in the last 16.
A former No. 1, Wozniacki is now ranked 74th after dealing with an ankle injury and a series of losses.
But Raonic hit right back with a break of his own and sent the set to a tiebreak which he won when Harrison double faulted. After a medical timeout, the Briton dropped the second set before heading off on a lengthy toilet break which did little to help her opponent’s composure in the decider.
“I’m a little embarrassed”.
“Not really a whole lot of time for reflection in this sport, because things change so quickly”, Harrison said.
Earlier in the day, Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber moved past Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2, 7-6 (7).
American teen CiCi Bellis is sticking around a little longer at the U.S. Open this time.
Britain’s Kyle Edmund backed up his first round win over world number 15 Richard Gasquet with a 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 victory over U.S. wildcard Ernesto Escobedo on the back of 53 winners.
In the first match to be played from start to finish under the closed roof, Halep triumphed 6-3, 6-4.
Seventh seeded Italian Vinci, defeated by compatriot Flavia Pennetta in last year’s final, eased past Christina McHale of the United States 6-1, 6-3.
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Rafael Nadal, the 2010 and 2013 champion, eased past Italy’s Andreas Seppi 6-0, 7-5, 6-1 in a match which became the first to be completed under the new retractable roof on Ashe.
