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US Open day two: Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper lead British hopes

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US Open day two: Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper lead British hopes

Dominic Thiem’s grand slam profession is over as he misplaced to Ben Shelton forward of his October retirement whereas Harriet Dart was a British winner.

On Tuesday, Jannik Sinner enters the fray for the primary time since his medication controversy whereas Jack Draper, Dan Evans, Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter are additionally in British motion.

Right here, the PA information company takes a glance again at day one.

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Victoria Golubic will want a brand new racket after her heavy loss to Paula Badosa (Julia Nikhinson/AP)

Dart hits the bullseye

Harriet Dart celebrates
Harriet Dart beat Chloe Paquet in straight units (John Walton/PA)

Harriet Dart made it by way of to the second spherical of the US Open for the primary time after breezing previous Chloe Paquet in New York.Dart is having fun with one of the best interval of her profession and after making it by way of to the third spherical at Wimbledon, she has adopted it up by successful her first primary draw match at Flushing Meadows.

The 26-year-old dropped simply two video games in a dominant efficiency which noticed her win 6-1 6-2 and victory will see her rating rise to a provisional profession excessive of 66 on the earth.

Shot of the day

The subsequent teenage star?

The US Open is famed for its teenage stars, from Chris Evert and Tracy Austin to Emma Raducanu, and there’s a new child on the block. Born in 2007, Iva Jovic, who reached the semi-finals of the Wimbledon juniors, is simply 16 and the youngest participant within the draw, however she finds herself within the second spherical after she shocked world quantity 42 Magda Linette.

Stat of the day

Comeback Queen

Even Frenchwoman Clara Burel should have thought she can be heading house after dropping the primary 9 video games in opposition to Sloane Stephens. Nevertheless, she mounted a sterling comeback to beat Stephens, who additionally served for the match within the decider, to win 0-6 7-5 7-5.

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Tuesday’s Brit watch

Emma Raducanu will need her tennis to do the speaking as she appears for a primary win on the US Open since her memorable title in 2021.

Raducanu attracted the headlines over the weekend after calling Andy Murray “previous information” and she or he begins in opposition to former Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin.

British quantity ones Jack Draper and Katie Boulter are in motion as they tackle Zhang Zhizhen and Aliaksandra Sasnovich respectively whereas Dan Evans is up in opposition to Karen Khachanov.

Fallen Seeds

Males: Holger Rune (15), Alexander Bublik (27)
Girls: Maria Sakkari (9), Dayana Yastremska (32)

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