For the Wimbledon winner: In London she had still triumphed, at the US Open Simona Halep but was eliminated in the second round. The Romanian lost to US qualifier Taylor Townsend 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 7 (4: 7). "I'm disappointed, I had the expectation that I'm confident, but today it was different," said Halep, who had already failed in the first round in the past two years.
Petkovic defeats world number six: Andrea Petkovic is in the third round in New York - defeating a strong opponent. Against the world ranking sixth Petra Kvitova won the German (number 88 in the world) 6: 4, 6: 4. Also in the last duel, during the Australian Open 2018, Petkovic had triumphed against the Czech. From a total of eleven games Petkovic won six - now she meets the Belgian Elise Mertens. Julia Görges is also in the third round.
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Andrea Petkovic
Nadal continues without a fight: Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal is also in the third round, but did not have to compete for it. The Spaniard profited in Flushing Meadows from the short-term cancellation of his Australian opponent Thanasi Kokkinakis. Kokkinakis was fit for the night session at Arthur Ashe Stadium due to a right shoulder injury.
False start with a happy ending: Former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko has come in particularly bumpy in her second round match. The Lettin made seven double mistakes in their first service match against US American Alison Riske. But in the end Ostapenko won the match 6: 4, 6: 3. Overall she came up with 17 double mistakes.
Tennis hope against defending champion: The US teenager Cori Gauff calls in the third round defending champion Naomi Osaka out. The 15-year-old takes part in a Grand Slam tournament for the second time following a furious performance at Wimbledon (victory against Venus Williams) thanks to a wild card. She defeated the Hungarian qualifier Timea Babos 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4 and now meets the top seed Japanese. Osaka had won in the previous year in New York their first of two major titles.
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Naomi Osaka
Kyrgios and the collar: The Australian Nick Kyrgios has caused irritation. Because of a slogan that stood on the stand-up collar of his white shirt, he had an altercation with the referee.
Kyrgios lifted his collar and brought in "Just Do You," a pun on the Nike slogan "Just Do It." The referee demanded that Kyrgios obscure the lettering. The tennis pro asked a few times for a rationale - but then gave way. He then defeats Antoine Hoang 6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 4.
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- DNA (@dna) August 30, 2019Zverev worries about toilet breaks: Alexander Zverev, who is only 22 years old, is concerned about the image of the young tennis generation. Because many of the aspiring players during their matches take time off for treatment or to go to the toilet, the German number one sees the call endangered. "I do not want such an image for the young players," he said after his second-round victory over Frances Tiafoe.
The American had taken a twelve-minute break from the toilet. "I do not know what you can do for a long time on the toilet," Zverev said. Previously, the 21-year-old Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas had also taken a break of several minutes. "I do not know why the young players do that, Roger (Federer) and Rafa (Nadal) do not," Zverev said.