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Patna : World No 36 Alison Riske, 29, USA, upset World No 24 and former French Open and Wimbledon Champion Garbine Muguruza, 25, Spain, in the women’s singles first round of US Open at New York Cituy, New York, USA, on August 27, 2019. Rise beat 24th seed Muguruza 2-6, 6-1. 6-3 coming from behind to enter the 2nd round. Rise won 7 break points in the match to 5 by the Spaniard. Both the players won 5 games each in a row in the match.
But, 2017 French Open Champion and World No 77 Jelena Ostapenko, 22, Latvia, beat World No 97 Aleksandra Krunic, 26, Serbia, 6-3, 7-6 to enter the 2nd round. Ostapenko won 6 break points in the match to 5 by Krunic. She also won 3 games in a row to 2 by the Serbian.
World No 7 Kiki Bertens, 27, Netherlands, beat World No 91 Paula Badosa, 21, Spain, 6-4, 6-2 to enter the 2nd round winning 3 break points in the match besides winning 5 games in a row.