Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen fought again from a set all the way down to beat world quantity 50 Amanda Anisimova 4-6 6-4 6-2 on Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Anisimova raced out to a 5-1 first-set lead however twice didn’t serve it out, earlier than breaking Zheng for the third time to clinch the opener.
However Zheng, a bit over three weeks on from her Olympic triumph in Paris, recovered nicely and served fantastically from then on.
The Chinese language seventh seed stated it was the “typical match” she would have misplaced previously, including that victory was “one step ahead in my psychological aspect”.
“Normally after big success I’ll get a bit bit too excessive, and till the fact slap me down once more and I come again to the bottom,” Zheng stated.
“So this time after I get a hit, I am telling myself, I do not wish to let this occur. I am actually comfortable to get this match, as a result of she’s actually powerful to face.”
American teenager Iva Jovic pulled off the largest upset of the opening day in New York, with the 16-year-old beating world quantity 40 Magda Linette 6-4 6-3 for her first WTA match win.
In the meantime, France’s Clara Burel claimed a formidable comeback victory in opposition to 2017 champion Sloane Stephens.
Stephens gained the primary 9 video games of the match in 33 minutes however Burel someway clawed her means again from a break down in each the second and third set earlier than wrapping up a 0-6 7-5 7-5 win.
Burel will face three-time runner up Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, who beat Ukraine’s Yulia Starodubtseva 3-6 6-1 6-1.
Daria Kasatkina, the twelfth seed, beat Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian 6-2 6-4 to progress, whereas Ukrainian twenty seventh seed Elina Svitolina got here by way of in three units in opposition to Maria Lourdes Carle of Argentina.
Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova additionally progressed, beating Spanish qualifier Marina Bassols Ribera 7-6 (7-3) 6-2, whereas American thirteenth seed Emma Navarro beat Anna Blinkova 6-1 6-1 in simply 59 minutes.
Nonetheless, Maria Sakkari grew to become the primary top-10 participant to fall, with the ninth seed compelled to retire injured after dropping the primary set to Wang Yafan.
A visibly upset Sakkari obtained therapy from the coach to her shoulder and neck halfway by way of the primary set, and was finally unable to proceed right into a second.
American 14th seed Madison Keys, runner-up at Flushing Meadows in 2017, moved previous Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic 6-4 6-1.
