A true reference on the women's circuit since the beginning of the summer, Caroline Garcia continues her march forward.
The French number 1, 17th in the world, had no difficulty in dismissing the Russian Anna Kalinskaya (60th) 6-3, 6-1 in 1h02.
Sure of her tennis, offensive at will, the former world number 4 recited her score with mastery.
Arriving in New York crowned with her title at the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati, the Lyonnaise will face the Canadian Bianca Andreescu (48th), winner at Flushing Meadows in 2019, or the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad (15th).
The prospects are good for the one who has never passed the 3rd round at the US Open, the Major which, until then, has been the least successful for her.
As for the boys, it was much more complicated.
The good news came from Corentin Moutet.
Yet beaten in the third round of qualifying, the 23-year-old Frenchman had been drafted and had benefited from the abandonment of the Swiss Stan Wawrinka in the first round.
Since then, he has enjoyed himself!
And here he is in the third round since he managed to take the best Botic van de Zandschulp (22nd) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4.
If he appeared quite nervous, especially in the second set, receiving a warning, he was able to tighten the game to resume the thread of his match thereafter and win in four sets.
Moutet had reached the 3rd round in New York in 2020, his best result in a Major.
He will try to do better against the Argentinian Pedro Cachin (66th).
Daniil Medvedev is a machine.
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It's over, however, for Grenier, Rinderknech and Bonzi.
But it must be recognized that fate had not spoiled them.
The first named can nevertheless be proud of the copy made against Matteo Berrettini (14th in the world), quarter-finalist in 2021. The Habs started with their feet to the ground and pushed their opponent to their last entrenchments before giving in in four sets and two tiebreaks 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(4), 7-6(7).
Grenier (119th), whose first participation in the American Major, boldly played his luck, rewarded with a first set during which he broke his opponent twice.
Arthur Rinderknech, for his part, logically found stronger than him in the person of world number 1 and defending champion Daniil Medvedev.
The Russian won 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 in 2:11.
Finally, Benjamin Bonzi (50th) took a set from Australian Nick Kyrgios (25th) before losing 7-6 (3), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
“His level was incredible, I did not expect such a war.
I had to play very risky tennis,” admitted Kyrgios, who was very happy to have scored 30 aces during the game.