Russian tennis player Lyudmila Samsonova’s defeat to Polish Iga Szwiatek put an end to the fourth round match of the US Open Tennis Championship. This became known on September 3 at the end of the meeting.
The 16th player in the world lost to the number one in the world rankings in two matches. The final score is 4:6, 1:6. The match lasted one hour and thirty minutes.
Szwiatek thus reached the quarter-finals of the competition. Her next opponent will be American Jessica Pegula, who defeated another Russian representative, Diana Schneider, 6:4, 6:2.
The US Open women’s singles tournament will be held from August 26 to September 7. The prize fund of the competition is $75 million (6,861,052,350 rubles). The current winner of the competition is American Cori Gauff.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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