Women’s US Open quarterfinal draw is set
Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
At a glance
- Aryna Sabalenka, Linda Noskova, Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro will contest the top half of the women’s US Open quarterfinal draw.
- The lower half features Mirra Andreeva against Coco Gauff and Qinwen Zheng against Elena Rybakina.
- Zheng upset eighth-seeded Iga Swiatek, while Rybakina eliminated Naomi Osaka and is pursuing the top spot in the rankings.
The women’s US Open quarterfinal lineup is complete after the final fourth-round matches at Flushing Meadows, leaving eight players in contention for the last Grand Slam title of the season.
Top seed Aryna Sabalenka will face Linda Noskova, while third seed Jessica Pegula will meet Emma Navarro. Sabalenka beat American Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-3. Noskova defeated Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk 7-5, 5-7, 6-4. Pegula beat Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 6-4, and Navarro defeated Anna Kalinskaya 6-4, 6-2.
In the bottom half, fifth seed Mirra Andreeva will play fourth seed Coco Gauff. Andreeva overcame Anastasia Potapova 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, while Gauff beat fellow American Iva Jovic 6-1, 6-4.
Qinwen Zheng produced the round’s upset by defeating eighth seed Iga Swiatek 7-5, 6-3. Zheng will next face second seed Elena Rybakina, who beat Japan’s Naomi Osaka 6-1, 6-4. Rybakina is seeking to overtake Sabalenka at the top of the rankings and needs to beat Zheng in the quarterfinal.
Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.