World number one Ashleigh Barty, who was favorite to win the US Open, was knocked out in the third round, surprisingly beaten 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7/5) by the American Shelby Rodgers (43rd), Saturday in New York.
The Australian, winner at Wimbledon in July, thus misses the opportunity to chain a second consecutive major victory, while a boulevard seemed to have opened to her the day before with the resounding elimination of the defending champion Naomi Osaka (3rd), by 18-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez.
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