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Coco Gauff declined to play the Arthur Ashe Stadium night match for her first round.

But she’s there for Round 2, with what should have been another very winnable match against the not-in-form veteran Tatjana Maria of Germany. And so it was.

The better day of the two, intrigue-wise, is the “top half” day which goes tomorrow.

But Paula Badosa vs. Taylor Towsend had the potential to be pretty good.

Only two seeds missing from the 16 who started the draw in this half.

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US Open
Location: Flushing Meadows, NY
Category: Grand Slam 
Surface: Hard Court
Prize Money: 75,000,000
Dates: Aug.  19 – 22, 2024
Draw: S128 – D64 – X32

Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024
Final results
Women’s singles , second round

Upsets

[Q] Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) def [8] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 64 75

Peyton Stearns (USA)  def [12] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 61 76 (3)

Seeds scuffling

[7] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) def. Erika Andreeva (RUS) 67 (3) 61 62

[29] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def. [WC] Iva Jovic (USA) 46 64 75

Seeds advancing

[2] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def. Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 63 61

[3] Coco Gauff (USA) def. Tatjana Maria (GER) 64 60

[13] Emma Navarro (USA) def Arantxa Rus (NED) 61 61

[14] Madison Keys (USA) def. [Q] Maya Joint (AUS) 64 60

[19] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def. Harriet Dart (GBR) 76 (10) 61

[20] Victoria Azarenka (BLR) def. Clara Burel (FRA) 61 64

[24] Donna Vekic (CRO) def Greet Minnen (BEL) 75 61

[26] Paula Badosa (ESP) def Taylor Townsend (USA) 63 75

[27] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def. Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 61 62

[33] Elise Mertens (BEL) def. [PR] Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 63 62

Other results

Jule Niemeier (GER) def Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) 64 60

Wang Yafan (CHN) def Diane Parry (FRA) 60 64

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