![]() Frustrated? Obviously," said the 29-year-old Konta when discussing her upset. The 30-year-old Romanian fired eight aces and was an impressive 13/16 at the net. Konta, a quarter-finalist in New York last year, battled for two hours and 50 minutes against Cirstea, who claimed her first top-20 victory since May 2019, to book a third round meeting with Karolina Muchova.Ĭirstea punished Konta's second serve throughout the match, limiting her opponent to just a 34 per cent success rate on that shot. ![]() Joining Muguruza on the way out is number nine seed Johanna Konta, who was beaten 2-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 by world number 77 Sorana Cirstea. "I was moving well and hitting the ball well. "Before it was almost like a life and death situation for me to win a match. "It's just great to be playing without that extra pressure I had on myself before. "It takes a lot of work but, you know, everything takes work. "If you make a good schedule and have the right motivation, you can combine the two things, motherhood and being a professional tennis player," Pironkova said. This left de Minaur and Jordan Thompson to fly the Australian flag in the men's singles. Tiafoe won despite committing a huge 73 unforced errors - compared to 54 for the Australian - and Millman was left frustrated he could only convert seven of his 23 break point opportunities.Ĭhris O'Connell also bowed out, losing in straight sets to number three seed Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. The news was not so good for John Millman, who lost a brutal second-round baseline slugfest to bow out of the US Open in New York.Īustralia's 2018 quarter-finalist was unable to convert a two-sets-to-one lead on Friday, going down 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 to talented young American Frances Tiafoe. "If I can do that then I can go well, but it is going to be a very tough match." Loading. "The most important thing for me is to not get dictated to and I have to stand my ground and make my presence felt. "He is a big guy who likes to hit the ball very big," he said. ![]() ![]() Saturday's encounter will be the first time the pair have met and de Minaur knows he will face a vastly different test against the hard-hitting world number 16 to what he encountered against the tigerish Gasquet. The 198cm tall Khachanov, who lost in a titanic, five-set Australian Open third-round clash against Nick Kyrgios in January, booked his last-32 spot with a comfortable 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 win over compatriot Andrey Kuznetsov. De Minaur, who reached the fourth round at Flushing Meadows last year, will now face giant Russian 11th-seed Karen Khachanov for a place in the fourth round. ![]()
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