Grand Slam champion jokes about Anna Bondár’s collapse after missed match points

Anna Bondár came within one point of her first Grand Slam singles third-round appearance five times, then watched the opportunity disappear against Madison Keys.

The Hungarian led 5-2 in the deciding set at the US Open and had five match points over the following two games. She could not convert any of them, and Keys completed the comeback to reach the last 32. Bondár’s exit meant that no Hungarian player remained in either singles draw’s top 32, with the men’s field already settled earlier.

The article’s headline focuses on the reaction to Bondár’s collapse, saying her Grand Slam-winning opponent joked about it. The report also notes the unusual scale of the missed opportunity, as Bondár was repeatedly one ball away from reaching a first Grand Slam singles third round.

The draw has also opened up for Alexander Zverev. Twelve seeded players fell during the first two rounds, including Novak Djokovic, Arthur Fils and Rafael Jódar from the top 16, followed in the second round by Félix Auger-Aliassime, Alex de Minaur, Lorenzo Musetti and Brandon Nakashima. Zverev, the German men’s top seed, survived his own second-round match in a deciding set and will face Alejandro Tabilo in the third round.