(New York) Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino lost to China’s Zhang Shuai 6-2, 6-4 on Friday in the third round of the US Open.
Posted at 6:11 p.m.
Zhang won the last five games of the first set, including a break at zero to take a 5-2 lead.
Taking a 2-0 lead in the second set, he then sealed victory in 63 minutes.
Zhang got three breaks on eight occasions and didn’t give the British Columbian a similar ball.
Her next opponent, American Coco Goff, defeated compatriot Madison Keys 6-2, 6-3.
Seeded No. 12, Goff was outclassed in the first game and performed the same trick on Keys in the next game. He took a 4-1 lead and exited unchallenged.
Marino has not played in the third round of a major since 2011 at Roland-Garros.
Zhang is 36 years olde In the world, 70 places ahead of Marino.
In the evening, Bianca Andreescu, 48, of Ontarioe At worlds, she faces French player Caroline Garcia, 17e First in the series.
The Mississauga athlete was the 2019 Flushing Meadows champion.
In doubles, fifth seeds Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Giuliana Olmos of Mexico defeated American Whitney Osukwe and Hailey Baptiste 6-1, 6-4.
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