US Open: Olympic Champion, Qinwen Defeats Anisimova To Book Second Round Place

Olympic champion, Zheng Qinwen defeated American wildcard Amanda Anisimova 4-6 6-4 6-2 on Monday to advance to the second round of the U.S Open.

Seventh seed Zheng, a quarter-finalist in New York last year, won 73 pet cent of her first-serve points and converted six of her 11 break-point chances during a two hour 20-minute match at Louis Armstrong Stadium where she was broken four times.

Anisimova raced out to a 5-1 double break lead in the first set but then had to dig deep as Zheng broke back at love, turned aside three set points on her next serve and then broke again to get the match back on serve.

But Anisimova, having twice failed to serve out the set, found another way as she broke a misfiring Zheng for a third time to grab the first frame.

In the second set, Zheng suddenly looked more comfortable from the line, including during a four-ace game to reach 2-2 before she broke in the next game to put Anisimova on the back foot and then leaned on her serve to close out the frame.

Up next for Zheng will be a clash against Russia’s Erika Andreeva.

US Open: Olympic Champion, Qinwen Defeats Anisimova To Book Second Round Place is first published on The Whistler Newspaper