On the one hand, the 18-year-old British Emma Raducanu (number 150 Wta) challenges the 26-year-old Greek Maria Sakkari (18 / a), on the other hand the just 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez (73 / a) meets the number two in the world Aryna Sebalenka. The dream of the two teenagers, who reached the semifinals on the hard courts of Flushing Meadows, continues in the US Open.
Sakkari, last to qualify, defeated world number 4 Karolina Pliskova in two sets (6-4, 6-4). The Greek gave one of the best performances of her career: "I'm impressed," she admitted. "I trusted my service, but now - he added - I will trust even more". He will face off against Raducanu, the lowest-scoring tennis player in history to reach the semifinals in the New York Grand Slam.