Australian wildcard Rinky Hijikata is into a grand slam third round for the first time after crushing Hungarian Marton Fuscovics in straights at the US Open
, the University of North Carolina where he also spent two years studying.
Hijikata’s latest victory pushes his live ranking to No 92 in the world, one spot below Kubler, who was forced out in the first round with a leg injury. Saville only resumed playing in June after nine months out recovering from a torn ACL. But the one-time top-20 star defied her ranking of No 322 in the world to put the defending champion through the ringer, driving Swiatek mad at times with clever drop shots, lobs and moon balls.
Swiatek dropped only one game in her opening match but Saville delivered on her promise to “get in her head”. “I’m proud of myself but also disappointed,” Saville said. “But I’m not delusional. I’m still just coming back and it just gives me so much confidence that I did all that rehab for a reason and I can come back to a pretty good level.
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