| Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 31 Aug-13 Sept |
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Naomi Osaka was given a check out by Marta Kostyuk sooner than coming by in three models to reach the US Open fourth spherical.
The 2018 champion, seeded fourth, obtained 6-Three 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 in opposition to the 18-year-old Ukrainian on Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.
Japan’s Osaka, 22, wanted to save lots of 5 break elements to avoid going 3-1 down inside the decider nevertheless then managed to win the ultimate 5 video video games at Flushing Meadows.
She goes to play 14th seed Anett Kontaveit subsequent.
The world amount 9 is carrying a hamstring hurt that compelled her out of ultimate week’s Western and Southern Open closing and wore heavy strapping on her left thigh.
Osaka, who has been speaking out in opposition to racism in america, obtained right here on to courtroom at Flushing Meadows carrying a face masks bearing the establish of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was shot lifeless whereas jogging in Georgia in February.
She has said she’s going to placed on a masks with a definite establish for each match she performs in New York.
Elsewhere inside the women’s draw, German 2016 champion Angelique Kerber beat Ann Li 6-Three 6-4 and might now play American 28th seed Jennifer Brady, who seen off France’s Caroline Garcia 6-Three 6-3.
Garcia had knocked out prime seed Karolina Pliskova inside the earlier spherical.
Croatian eighth seed Petra Martic obtained 6-Three 6-Three in opposition to Russia’s Varvara Gracheva and subsequent faces Kazakh 23rd seed Yulia Putintseva.
