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, with Jack Draper and Cam Norrie additionally securing wins.
Boulter matched her run at Wimbledon this summer season, 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 wonderful win when Wang hit the web.
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 mentioned.
“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 a part of Boulter within the third spherical.
The 21-year-old has been hampered by accidents this yr however confirmed what he can do when health shouldn’t be a difficulty, as he dominated seventeenth seed Hurkacz in a 6-2 6-4 7-5 victory.
Jodie Burrage in the meantime was unable to drag off a significant shock, as second seed Aryna Sabalenka eased to a 6-3 6-2 win.
While Andy Murray was also knocked out as he fell to defeat in opposition to Grigor Dimitrov, Cam Norrie loved a extra profitable time on court docket as he beat Yu Hsiou Hsu in straight units.
Norrie needed to save three set factors earlier than taking the opener, however didn’t look again from there within the 7-5 6-4 6-4 victory in two and a half hours.
Additional reporting by PA Sport.