Maya Joint eliminated from Canadian Open by American McCartney Kessler

[ad_1] Australia's Maya Joint has pushed twenty eighth seed McCartney Kessler to the restrict earlier than dropping in three units on the Canadian Open.

The 19-year-old Aussie got here flying out of the blocks in Montreal on Wednesday, native time, taking the primary set, earlier than the American bounced again strongly to assert the subsequent two for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory.

Little separated the gamers all through the match, which threw up 14 break factors for every. Joint transformed three of these probabilities, whereas her American opponent managed 4 breaks.

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Joint had been hoping to again up her first-round upset of native favorite Leylah Fernandez, the world No.24 who was contemporary off claiming the most important title of her profession on Sunday, the Washington Open.

Regardless of the loss, Joint has proven she is discovering high kind forward of the yr's remaining main, the US Open, which kicks off in New York on August 24.

Joint is already a two-time WTA title winner this yr and might be trying to begin making an actual impression at grand slam stage.

She reached the second spherical at Flushing Meadows in 2024, however is but to progress previous the primary spherical of the opposite majors.

Australia's solely remaining competitor within the ladies's singles, Fifteenth-seeded Daria Kasatkina, performs her third-round match towards twenty fourth seed Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine on Thursday.

In different second-round outcomes on Wednesday, six-time grand slam champion Iga Swiatek was all enterprise in a 6-3, 6-1 demolition of China's Guo Hanyu.

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The Polish celebrity, seeded second in Montreal, is sizzling off her record-breaking win within the Wimbledon singles remaining, the place she served up two "donuts" to American Amanda Anisimova.

"I feel I performed a extremely stable match at this time," Swiatek mentioned.

"Taking part in the primary match on onerous courtroom after a fairly lengthy break from the floor is at all times difficult, so I am joyful that I simply centered on myself, adjusted to the situations and performed effectively."

American third seed and two-time defending champion Jessica Pegula remained on monitor for a title hat-trick by beating Maria Sakkari of Greece 7-5, 6-4.

4-time main champ Naomi Osaka of Japan upset Thirteenth-seeded Russian Liudmila Samsonova 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 to proceed her spectacular return to tennis after taking a maternity break.