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Patna : World No 2 Ashleigh Barty, Australia, World No 5 Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, World No 8 Serena Williams, USA, and World No 9 Madison Keys, USA, have advanced to the 4th round of US Open at New York City, USA.
Barty defeated World No 29 Maria Sakkari, 24, Greece, 7-5, 6-3 in 3rd round on August 30, 2019, late night. Barty fired 11 Aces in the match to 1 by Sakkari. She also won 4 break points in the match to 1 by the Greek. Both the players won 3 games each in a row. Barty won 44 service points to 33 by Sakkari.
Svitolina crushed World No 32 Dayana Yastremska, 19, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-0 in 3rd round on August 31, 2019, early morning., breaking latter’s service 5 times in the match besides winning 7 games in a row. Svitolina won 34 service points in the match to 13 by Yastremska. Svitolina also served 5 Aces in the match.
Serena, the 8th seed, beat World No 44 Karolina Muchova, 23, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2 in 3rd round. Serena won 5 break points in the match to 1 by Muchova. The American served 5 Aces in the match to 1 by the Czech. Serena though committed 7 double faults to 4 by Muchova. Serena won 7 games in row in the match to 2 by the Czech.
Madison Keys defeated World No 20 Sofia Kenin, 20, USA, 6-3, 7-5 in 3rd round winning 2 break points in the match. Keys won 8 games in a row in the match to 5 by Kenin. Keys, the 2017 US Open finalist, fired 10 Aces in the match to 2 by Kenin.