Ajla Tomljanovic will leave New York with a place in the history books and a career high in the WTA rankings after a straight-sets loss to Ons Jabeur.
It’s a big day for the Aussies as week two at Flushing Meadows kicks off with Ajla Tomljanovic taking on Ludmilla Samsonova and Nick Kyrgios facing world No.1 and defending champion Daniil Medvedev.
He huffed and he puffed but Nick Kyrgios ultimately did enough to set up a clash with American wildcard JJ Wolf,joining Alex de Minaur in the US Open third round.
Australian wildcard Rinky Hijikata threatened the grand slam upset of the year before falling to Rafael Nadal,while defending champion Emma Raducanu and Naomi Osaka have lost.
Alex de Minaur and Nick Kyrgios been handed reality checks before the year’s final major,falling 6-3,6-2 to Felix Auger-Aliassime and Taylor Fritz respectively.
Nick Kyrgios rebounded from a quarter-final loss in Montreal with a reasonably comfortable win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina,while Serena Williams fell to Emma Raducanu.
Nick Kyrgios gave it all he had,but in the end,in the midday Montreal heat,there were just too many aches and pains.
Nick Kyrgios will head to the US Open with an all-important seeding after a commanding quarter-final win over Alex De Minaur at the Canadian Open.
Nick Kyrgios’ stirring win over Daniil Medvedev was his 14th from his past 15 matches and set up a clash with countryman Alex De Minaur for a place in the quarter-finals.
The career-best season of Nick Kyrgios has continued,with the Australian claiming his first ATP Tour title in three years at the Citi Open in Washington.
Backing up from his gruelling workload a day earlier,when he finished off Reilly Opelka then saved five match points in an epic quarter-final win over Frances Tiafoe,Nick Kyrgios dealt with Michael Ymer in straight sets.