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FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY – No Canadians in action.

But it feels like there might be a few upsets – hard to know exactly who. Turned out Paula Badosa was the big one.

But some tasty matchups and with basically no one at the top of the women’s game playing well, there’s everything to play for.

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US Open
Location: Flushing Meadows, NY
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Aug. 29- Sept. 11, 2022
Draws: S128 – D64

Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022
Final results
Singles, second round

Upsets

Petra Martic (CRO) def [4] Paula Badosa (ESP) 67 (5) 61 62
Lauren Davis (USA) def [28] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) 06 64 76 [10-5] 

Injury retirements

[21] Petra Kvitova (CZE) def. Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) WALKOVER

Comebacks

[6] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def. Kaia Kanepi (EST) 26 76 (8) 64
[13] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 36 75 62

Seeds advancing

[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) def Sloane Stephens (USA) 63 62
[8] Jessica Pegula (USA) def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 64 64
[9] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) def. [Q] Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 60 64
[19] Danielle Collins (USA) def [Q] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) 62 75
[22] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) def. Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 63 62
[26] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 62 63

Other results (in alphabetical order)

[Q] Clara Burel (FRA) def Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 64 46 64
Jule Niemeier (GER) def Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 64 63
[Q] Yuan Yue (CHN) def Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 63 76 (6)
Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def. Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 76 (4) 76 (3)

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