American Shelby Rogers kept her US Open hopes alive as the 28-year-old made a stunning third-set comeback to defeat world No.1 Ashleigh Barty of Australia 6-2, 1-6, 7-6(5) in the third round to advance to her second straight Round of 16 in New York.<\/p>\n
A quarterfinalist last year, Rogers played a disciplined match to earn her first win in six matches against Barty, coming back from a double-break down in the final set to steal the win. The victory is Rogers’ first over a top 10 player since defeating Serena Williams last year in Lexington and her first-ever win over a reigning world No.1.<\/p>\n
Rogers had run Barty close twice this year, taking her to a match-tiebreak at the Yarra Valley Classic in February before losing 7-5, 2-6, 10-4. In Charleston, their Round of 16 duel came down to the wire, with Barty edging it 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n
“I think tonight going on the court I told myself I didn’t want to lose the same way I lost the last five times against her,” Rogers said.<\/p>\n
“I just tried to do things a little bit differently. In the first set I mixed in some high balls, I was super patient with her slice because she’s not going to miss one very often. I know that very well,” she said.<\/p>\n
There were early signs of trouble for Barty, who fired four double-faults in her second service game to give Rogers the early break at 2-1. With Barty struggling to find her rhythm on her serve, Rogers cruised to break Barty twice and seal the first set 6-2 after 32 minutes. She did not face a break point in the set.<\/p>\n
“I think what I’ve learned most from her is that she’s No.1 for a reason. It was going to take everything I had tonight to beat her. I gave everything I had and got the win.”<\/p>\n
“In the second and third (Sets), she definitely raised her level, as she does,” Rogers told wtatennis.com. “I mean, she’s the No.1 player in the world for a reason. But I started wanting to hit the ball a little bit harder, find some winners if I could. That’s the tennis I like to play. That’s what she wants me to do. She wants to redirect and finesse me around the court, wait for me to miss.”<\/p>\n
Rogers will face 18-year-old Emma Raducanu, the British qualifier who is into her second straight Round of 16 at a major, having done so at Wimbledon as well. Raducanu, 18, dismissing Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain 6-0, 6-1 in one hour and 10 minutes.<\/p>\n
“She’s fearless,” Rogers said, when asked about facing the Brit. “She is playing very well and she’s inspired. It’s going to be a battle. I am ready for it.<\/p>\n
“It’s really cool to see the younger generation coming up in this tournament, getting some big wins. It’s really impressive. I’m going to have to bring my best tennis again in a different way I think, though. That’s the cool thing about tennis, you have to adjust every single time and make a new strategy.”<\/p>\n
French Open runner-up Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No.14 seed, too entered the Round of 16 in an all-Russian clash, defeating Varvara Gracheva 6-1, 6-4 in the third round.<\/p>\n
The Russian will face No.4 Karolina Pliskova in the fourth round. The Czech defeated Ajla Tomljanovic in a clinical two sets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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