Bencic Among Seeds Losing On Day 4
[10] Belinda Bencic was upset by [37] Daria Kasatkina in straight sets, 2-6, 2-6.
[11] Roberto Bautista Agut fell 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6 to [150] Henri Laaksonen. Not as big a surprise as you may think as Bautista Agut prefers playing on hard courts.
[23] Karen Khachanov lost a five-set battle, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6 to [49] Kei Nishikori.
[29] Veronika Kudermetova lost to the resurgent [68] Katerina Siniakova 6-7(7), 7-5, 5-7.
Serena Among Americans Who Won
[7] Serena Williams got past [174] Mihaela Buzarnescu in three sets. Williams won 6-3, 5-7, 6-1. It should have been a straight-sets victory; however, don’t be fooled by Buzarnescu’s ranking. She was once ranked as high as number twenty-four.
[23] Madison Keys won 6-1, 7-5 in her match against [69] Leylah Fernandez.
[31] John Isner is still going strong; he defeated [41] Filip Krajinovic 7-6(6), 6-1, 7-6(5).
[32] Reilly Opelka defeated [72] Jaume Munar 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.
[50] Danielle Collins defeated [139] Anhelina Kalinina 6-0, 6-2.
[84] Marcos Giron defeated [61] Guido Pella 7-6(2), 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-4.
[88] Steve Johnson defeated [80] Thiago Monteiro 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-3.
Embed from Getty Images3 American Players Lost On Day 4
[52] Tommy Paul lost to [2] Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 3-6.
[84] Madison Brengle lost 4-6, 1-6, to [85] Tamara Zidansek.
[119] Mackenzie McDonald had two sets to none lead and squandered it to lose in five sets to [22] Cristian Garin 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(7), 3-6, 6-8. Gut wrenching!
Zverev Withstands The Russian Challenge
[6] Alexander Zverev was pushed today by [182] Roman Safiullin. I really don’t much about this young Russian; however, there seems to be a new crop of strong players coming out of Russia these days. He pushed the number six seed to two tiebreak sets. Zverev won7-6(4), 6-3, 7-6(1).
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