'They make me feel like I'm home': Filipina makes history at US Open

[ad_1] Alexandra Eala has made historical past by changing into the primary participant from the Philippines to win a serious singles match within the Open period with a surprising comeback to beat 14th-seeded Dane Clara Tauson 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (13-11) on the US Open.

After splitting the primary two units, Tauson raced out to a 1-5 lead within the deciding set, just for 20-year-old Eala to win the following 5 straight video games, not giving her opponent a single take a look at a match level.

Tauson lastly received again on the board to make it 6-6 and pressure a 10-point tiebreak to determine the match, with Eala holding her nerve and sending the gang into raptures with a tense 13-11 win.

"To be Filipino is one thing I take a lot satisfaction in," the world quantity 75 mentioned in her on-court interview.

"I haven't got a house match so to have the ability to have this neighborhood right here on the US Open, I am so grateful that they make me really feel like I am dwelling."

Eala shocked the tennis world with a run to the semifinals of the Miami Open in March, beating former French Open champion Jeļena Ostapenko, reigning Australian Open winner Madison Keys, and then-five-time main winner Iga Świątek on the way in which.

Earlier, former champion Emma Raducanu exorcised some US Open demons, incomes her first victory on the match since lifting the trophy in 2021.

4 years after lifting the trophy, Emma Raducanu has lastly claimed one other win in New York. ( Getty Pictures: Clive Brunskill )

The Briton couldn't get previous the primary spherical in her previous two appearances after profitable all of it as a qualifier 4 years in the past, however she received heading in the right direction this time round with a near-pristine efficiency to beat Japan's Ena Shibahara 6-1, 6-2 within the first spherical.

"It is my first win right here since 2021, so it is further particular," mentioned Raducanu, who joined up with new coach Francisco Roig this month.

"First spherical's all the time troublesome — particularly at a slam."

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Raducanu sprinted by the opening set, making simply 4 unforced errors and profitable the primary 5 video games because the Japanese qualifier did herself no favours with a pair of early double faults.

She received off to a different scorching begin within the second set, profitable the primary 4 video games and saving the one break level she confronted within the sixth sport, earlier than forcing her opponent into an error on match level from the baseline.

She subsequent faces qualifier Janice Tjen, who turned the primary Indonesian to win a primary draw grand slam match in 22 years by beating twenty fourth seed Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

World primary and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka, and native stars Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz, had been among the many different early straight-sets victors.