SEEDS UPENDED BY UNSEEDED PLAYERS
[1] Naomi Osaka has been hanging on by a thread this entire tournament; and while she did not play her best today, give her opponent credit for capitalizing on the opportunity. [42] Katerina Siniakova (CZE) has always had game; however, lately she has struggled to string wins together. Thus, this upset of the number one seed will do wonders for her confidence. Osaka made too many errors today and despite wanting to fight, mentally she just was not there; the Czech player won 6-4, 6-2.
[13] Borna Coric (CRO) lost in a five-set thriller 6-4, 1-6, 6-4, 6-7(1), 9-11 to [45] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER). Struff is into the second week of a major for the first time in his career.
OUR SPOTLIGHT PLAYER
[5] Alexander Zverev (GER) continues to fight despite his current struggles; he led two-sets-to-love against [30] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) before he lost his focus and allowed the Serb back into the match. However, he shrugged off the disappointment of squandering the two-sets-to-love lead and elevated his game in the fifth set to win 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 1-6, 6-2.
AMERICANS STILL IN THE DRAW
[10] Serena Williams in one of her more lackluster performance lost 2-6, 5–7 to fellow countrywoman, [35] Sofia Kenin.
[14] Madison Keys had her hands full against the twenty-year-old Russian, [117] Anna Blinkova; she was pushed to three sets, but managed to win 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4.
Seventeen year old, [51] Amanda Anisimova continues her Cinderella run into the second week of a major with her defeat of [116] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) in straight sets 7-6(6), 6-4.
AMERICANS IN DOUBLES
Danielle Collins and partner Sabrina Santamaria (USA) lost 4-6, 4-6 to the fifth seeds Shuai Zhang (CHN) and Samantha Stosur (AUS).
[7] Bob and Mike Bryan (USA) lost 3-6, 6-7(7) to [10] Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) and Horia Tecau (ROU).
SPECIAL MENTION
The defending champion, [3] Simona Halep (ROU), had a very easy time at the office today; she defeated [27] Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 6-2, 6-1.
SOURCE OF IMAGES: Zimbio.com (main image: Julian Finney/Getty Images Europe-Simona Halep)
