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Bianca Andreescu is back on Arthur Ashe Stadium for the first time (other than practice this week) since she held aloft the trophy two long years ago.

Will it be inspiring? Will it create tons of pressure – especially as she has all those Grand Slam title points to defend?

She herself might not even know until she gets there, and walks through the tunnel and onto that cavernous court.

But one thing’s for sure: it’s great to see her back.

US Open Day 2 – Men’s singles results

US Open
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021
Women’s singles final results

Canadian Content

[6] Bianca Andreescu (CAN) def Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 75 46 75

Upsets

Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) def [22] Karolina Muchova (CZE) 62 76 (3)
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def [29] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 76 (5) 36 60

Lucky Losers and Qualifiers maximizing

[27] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) [LL] Greet Minnen (BEL) def Nadia Podoroska (ARG) 64 16 63

[Q] Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) def Danka Kovinic (MNE) 64 63
[Q] Emma Raducanu (GBR) def [13] Jennifer Brady (USA) [LL] Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 62 63
[Q] Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) def [WC] Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 75 67 (3) 63

Seeds advancing

[1] Ashleigh Barty (AUS) def Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 61 76 (7)
[4] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def [WC] Caty McNally (USA) 63 64
[7] Iga Swiatek (POL) def [Q] Jamie Loeb (USA) 63 64
[10] Petra Kvitova (CZE) def Polona Hercog (SLO) 61 62
[11] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def Arantxa Rus (NED) 64 64
[14] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) def Alison Riske (USA) 64 62
[17] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 64 63
[23] Jessica Pegula (USA) def Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 62 62
[24] Paula Badosa (ESP) def Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 64 63
[28] Anett Kontaveit (EST) def Samantha Stosur (AUS) 63 60
[30] Petra Martic (CRO) def [Q] Dalma Galfi (HUN) 63 62

Other results (in alphabetical order)

Amanda Anisimova (USA) def Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 75 62
Lauren Davis (USA) def [LL] Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) 62 26 63
Misaki Doi (JPN) def [WC] Storm Sanders (AUS) 76 (3) 63
Fiona Ferro (FRA) def Nao Hibino (JPN) 61 64
Varvara Gracheva (RUS) def [Q] Nuria Parrizas Diaz (ESP) 57 60 62
Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) def Claire Liu (USA) 61 64
Shelby Rogers (USA) def Madison Brengle (USA) 64 60
Liudmila Samsonova (RUS)def [Q] Katie Boulter (GBR) 63 62
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) def Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 76 (6) 63
Clara Tauson (DEN) def Clara Burel (FRA) 75 60
Jil Teichmann (SUI) def [Q] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 63 64
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) def [WC] Katie Volynets (USA) 63 61
Martina Trevisan (ITA) def [WC] Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 61 75
Zhang Shuai (CHN) def [WC] Hailey Baptiste (USA) 63 64