Boulter battles to comeback win as Draper cruises into third spherical
B
ritish primary Katie Boulter needed to battle to arduous as she booked her place within the third spherical of the US Open for the primary time.
The 27-year-old matched her run at Wimbledon this summer time, coming from behind to safe a gutsy 5-7 6-1 6-4 victory over China’s in-form Wang Yafan.
Wang was on an 11-match profitable streak, together with beating seventh seed Caroline Garcia within the first spherical, however she was outlasted by Boulter within the New York warmth.
In a decent first set, Boulter retrieved an early break, was given a warning for angrily swatting the ball away and had three set factors on the Wang serve. But she was unable to transform any of them and Wang promptly broke to wrap up the set.
However Boulter, from Leicester, cleared her head impressively and dominated the second set to degree the match. Having damaged once more for 5-4 within the decider she suffered a horrible wobble, throwing in two double faults within the first three factors.
But as soon as once more Boulter recovered her composure and wrapped up a high quality win when Wang hit the online.
Boulter will face 21-year-old American Peyton Stearns, the world quantity 59, in what seems to be a really beneficial draw, for a spot within the final 16.
“I’m obviously super happy, the start of the match I was a little bit nervous,” Boulter stated.
“Finishing it was I a little bit nervous as well. I’m really proud of myself the way I handled it and I managed to get over the line.”
There was extra good news for the Brits as Jack Draper produced a sensational show to beat Hubert Hurkacz in straight units and be part of Boulter within the third spherical.
The 21-year-old has been hampered by accidents this 12 months however confirmed what he can do when health shouldn’t be a problem, as he dominated seventeenth seed Hurkacz in a 6-2 6-4 7-5 victory.
Additional reporting by PA Sport.