Solid wins for Jabeur, Halep, Mertens, Sabalenka and Azarenka

Ons Jabeur came to New York with the confidence that gave him his good performance in Wimbledon, where he equaled his best Grand Slam result by reaching the quarterfinals. That impulse was transferred by the Tunisian to her party of second round of the US Open against Colombian Maria Camila Osorio, which he swept away with an almost insulting superiority: 6-0 and 6-1 in just 55 minutes of game.

The 19-year-old Colombian, from the previous phase, paid the 'hazing' against a player who has firmly established herself in the top-25 of the WTA rankings in the last two years. Jabeur, correct with a serve (76% of points won with firsts) with which he did not grant any break in the match, he did not even need great displays of his tennis to overcome the shock, since Osorio did not stop chaining unforced errors throughout the match (21, for only 6 winners). In the third round, Jabeur will have a high voltage duel against Elise Mertens, another of the favorites, who resolved her duel against Valentini Grammatikopoulou (234º), tournament reveal so far, Without disheveled: double 6-2 for the Belgian, quarter-finalist in the last two editions of the tournament, in one hour and 22 minutes.

Halep, Krejcikova and Sabalenka sweep the same scoreboard

Simona Halep, punished by injuries that in recent times have made her fall to 13th place in the WTA ranking, she signed a solid performance in her second round match against Kristina Kucova Which he beat on the fast track: 6-3 and 6-1 in 70 minutes of the game. The Romanian was good with the service, which she only delivered once, and especially successful in the uploads to the network, where she won 78% of the points. In this way, Halep will reach a third round at Flushing Meadows that he hadn't stepped on since the 2016 season, where will he face Kazakh Rybakina, 19th favorite, who had no problem eliminating the French Garcia (6-1 and 6-4).

Barbora Krejcikova, reigning Roland Garros champion who had never played in the main draw of the US Open, passed the American McHale, winning by … 6-3 and 6-1 in 83 minutes. The Czech will face the Russian Rakhimova. To close the curious coincidence, for now, Aryna Sabalenka also won, yes, 6-3 and 6-1, the Slovenian Zidansek. It was the victory 40 of the Belarusian, who will see them with the American Collins.

Azarenka and Osaka advance

He also fulfilled his seed status Victoria Azarenka. The Belarusian (19th) won the Italian Paolini's solvency, although suffered to close the match in a tie-break after being 4-2 up and serve in the second set. Finally, Azarenka won 6-3 and 7-6 (1) in one hour and 46 minutes. His next duel will be one of the most attractive of the third round, since It will be measured with Garbiñe Muguruza.

It was even easier Naomi Osaka, who will reach the third round physically fresh by not playing her match against Olga Danilovic. According to the tournament's officials, the Serb was absent for medical reasons, although everything indicates that she would have tested positive for COVID-19. The next rival of the Japanese will be 18-year-old Leylah Annie Fernandez, Kanepi's executioner (double 7-5).

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