The French Harmony Tan (112th in the world), who had managed to eliminate Serena Williams in the 1st round of Wimbledon, could not do the same at the US Open against Bianca Andreescu, beaten 6-0, 3-6, 6- 1 Monday in New York.
The Canadian (48th), winner of Flushing Meadows in 2019, will be opposed to the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (15th), very impressive against the Croatian Ana Konjuh (117th), swept 6-0, 6-0.
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Tan, who remained on an encouraging semi-final in Granby (Quebec), reacted very well after an irrelevant start sanctioned by a "donut", a set without scoring the slightest game. She corrected the situation in the second set , then showing himself to be more realistic than his opponent to break twice in three occasions.
The last set nevertheless saw Andreescu regain control of the game, helped by the shortcomings in the service of the Frenchwoman (8 double faults).